Eccrine sweat glands (/ˈɛkrən, -ˌkraɪn, -ˌkriːn/; from Greek ek(s)+krinein 'out(wards)/external+secrete') are the major sweat glands of the human body...

excretion, anatomic distribution, and distribution across species: Eccrine sweat glands are distributed almost all over the human body, in varying densities...

are distinct from eccrine sweat glands, which cover the whole body. Most non-primate mammals, however, have apocrine sweat glands over the greater part...

known as sweat, is the fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine...

bloodstream. Exocrine sweat glands are part of the integumentary system; they have eccrine and apocrine types. Exocrine glands contain a glandular portion...

interior (cnidarians). Like sweat glands, eccrine glands allow excess water to leave the body. The majority of eccrine glands are located mainly on the...

Eccrine glands open directly onto the surface of the skin, while apocrine glands open into hair follicles. Eccrine glands are the predominant sweat gland...

integrated into health connected scales by Withings. See also sweat gland, eccrine sweat gland and Autonomic nervous system. The ESC measurement relies on...

secretions from sweat glands (eccrine sweat glands), although the term merocrine is often used interchangeably. Salivary glands – Exocrine glands that produce...

serous glands; also called "eccrine", e.g. major sweat glands of humans, goblet cells, salivary gland, tear gland and intestinal glands) Apocrine glands –...

or sebaceous gland precursors. There are no specialized variants of eccrine glands. See List of human endocrine organs and actions Anil Ghom, Shubhange...

follicles, sebaceous sweat glands, apocrine sweat glands, and eccrine sweat glands. Poromas are eccrine or apocrine sweat gland tumors derived from the...

apocrine glands also play an important thermoregulatory role. In hot conditions, the secretions emulsify the sweat produced by the eccrine sweat glands and...

human sweat is in reference to the eccrine sweat gland which in contrast to the apocrine sweat gland, has a lower composition of oils. Although sweat is...

milia), also called a milk spot or an oil seed, is a clog of the eccrine sweat gland. It is a keratin-filled cyst that may appear just under the epidermis...

malignant poroma, eccrine porocarcinoma, and malignant eccrine poroma) is a rare form of skin cancer that develops in eccrine sweat glands, i.e. the body's...

sebaceous sweat glands, apocrine sweat glands, and eccrine sweat glands. Acrospiromas are thought to derive from apocrine or eccrine sweat gland ducts near...

"sweat" glands are: True sweat glands or eccrine glands, sebaceous glands, which have an oily secretion around hair follicles, and apocrine glands, which...

obstructed, with the nearby apocrine sweat glands being strongly implicated in this obstruction. The sweat glands themselves may or may not be inflamed...

originates from the eccrine sweat glands of the skin, accounting for less than 0.01% of diagnosed cutaneous malignancies. Eccrine carcinoma tumors are...

surfaces of the labia majora contain sebaceous glands (oil glands), apocrine sweat glands, and eccrine sweat glands. The labia majora have fewer superficial...

skin gland secretions. Humans have three types of sweat glands: eccrine sweat glands, apocrine sweat glands and sebaceous glands. Eccrine sweat glands are...

these gland ducts are blocked. Eccrine (merocrine) glands are most common. The secretions are very watery that contain some electrolytes Apocrine glands produce...

originate from glands that in dermal layer of the epidermis. Sweat, a physiological aid to body temperature regulation, is secreted by eccrine glands. Sebaceous...

2013). "Regional variations in transepidermal water loss, eccrine sweat gland density, sweat secretion rates and electrolyte composition in resting and...

sebaceous sweat glands, apocrine sweat glands, and eccrine sweat glands. SA and SAC tumors were regarded as eccrine gland tumors and termed eccrine spiradenomas...

(sweat) via two types of sweat gland: eccrine sweat glands which cover much of the skin and produce watery odourless sweat, and apocrine sweat glands in...

stimuli, arousal and worry, and cognitive activity can increase eccrine sweat gland activity, increasing the conductivity of the skin for electric current...

[citation needed] The endodermal cells primarily generate the lining and glands of the digestive tube. There are nerve cells, also known as neurons, present...

believed to strictly derive from specific sweat gland types may, in fact, derive from both eccrine or apocrine glands. Hidradenomas are by definition benign...