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Chapter 4, Problem 17SAE
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The difference between eccrine and apocrine sweat glands.
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Eccrine and apocrine glands are sweat glands responsible for producing sweat in our body. These glands are present in the layers of skin, which are brought to the surface from the ducts. Thus, these glands are exocrine in nature.
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Summary of Skin Glands
FEATURE
SEBACEOUS (OIL) GLANDS
ECCRINE GLANDS
APOCRINE SWEAT GLANDS
CERUMINOUS GLANDS
Distribution
Location of
Secretory portion
Termination of excretory duct
Secretion
Functions
Onset of function
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Essentials of Human Anatomy.. -Modified Access
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Ch. 4 - From what types of damage does the skin protect...Ch. 4 - Explain why we become tanned after sitting in the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 13SAECh. 4 - 14. Name two different categories of skin...Ch. 4 - How does the skin help to regulate body...Ch. 4 - Prob. 16SAECh. 4 - Prob. 17SAECh. 4 - Which skin cancer arises from the youngest...Ch. 4 - Why does hair turn gray?Ch. 4 - 20. Name three changes that occur in the skin as...Ch. 4 - Is a bald man really hairless? Explain.Ch. 4 - Prob. 22CAQCh. 4 - 25. Both newborn infants and aged individuals have...Ch. 4 - A woman who has habitually used a sunbed for the...Ch. 4 - Freds new cycling shorts have got special silicone...Ch. 4 - The water of a swimming pool is hypotonic to our...Ch. 4 - 29. Mr. Rossi, a fisherman in his late sixties,...Ch. 4 - Mr. Grayson is receiving a drug treatment...Ch. 4 - 31. Which type of injection would allow a drug to...Ch. 4 - Prob. 30CAQ
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