LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 3MC
The sweat glands that communicate with skin surfaces throughout the body, producing a secretion that is primarily water, are
| a | Apocrine glands |
| b. | Merocrine glands |
| c | Sebaceous glands |
| d | Ceruminous glands |
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