Sweat gland
small tubular structures of the skin that produce sweat; a type of exocrine gland, which are glands that produce and secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct
Sweat glands, (sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands),[2] are small tube-like glands in the skin that create sweat.
| Sweat gland | |
|---|---|
 A cross-section of the human skin, with the sweat gland labeled at the bottom | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | Ectoderm |
| System | Integumentary |
| Nerve | Eccrine: cholinergic sympathetic nerves Apocrine: adrenergic nerves |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Glandula sudorifera[1] |
| MeSH | D013545 |
| TA | A16.0.00.029 |
| FMA | 59152 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The evaporation of sweat helps to cool the body down. Also, in many mammals, the sweat contains a slight scent which other animals can notice.
References
change- ↑ Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology (2008). Terminologia histologica: international terms for human cytology and histology. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 121. ISBN 9780781775373.
- ↑ "sudoriferous". The New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd ed.).
