ANATOMY+PHYSIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781260265217
Author: McKinley
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 6, Problem 3DYKB
_____ 3. 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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