Apocrine (/ˈæpəkrɪn/) is a term used to classify the mode of secretion of exocrine glands. In apocrine secretion, secretory cells accumulate material at...

An apocrine sweat gland (/ˈæpəkrən, -ˌkraɪn, -ˌkriːn/; from Greek apo 'away' and krinein 'to separate') is composed of a coiled secretory portion located...

water-based secretion represents a primary form of cooling in humans. Apocrine sweat glands are mostly limited to the axillae (armpits) and perineal area...

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

believed to be caused by hair follicles being obstructed, with the nearby apocrine sweat glands being strongly implicated in this obstruction. The sweat glands...

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

glands) Apocrine glands – a portion of the secreting cell's body is lost during secretion. The term Apocrine gland is often used to refer to the apocrine sweat...

Pure apocrine carcinoma of the breast (PACB) is a rare carcinoma derived from the epithelial cells in the lactiferous ducts of the mammary gland. The mammary...

Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. The eccrine sweat glands are distributed over much of the body...

bacteria. There are three types of sweat glands: eccrine, apocrine, and apoeccrine. Apocrine glands are primarily responsible for body malodor and, along...

specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived from apocrine or sebaceous gland precursors. There are no specialized variants of eccrine...

type of secretion, with merocrine secretion being the least damaging and apocrine secretion falling in between. Examples of holocrine glands include the...

death), but they are also seen in other non-apoptotic functions, including apocrine secretion (cell secretion by disintegration of part of a cell). Blebbing...

folliculosebaceous-apocrine hamartoma, also known as follicular-apocrine hamartoma, is a benign proliferation of the folliculosebaceous-apocrine unit. List of...

sebaceous glands, which have an oily secretion around hair follicles, and apocrine glands, which have more oily product than eccrine glands and are found...

changes include fibroadenomas, fibrosis,papillomas of the breast, and apocrine-type metaplasia. Management may involve education about the condition,...

friction. The apocrine glands (sweat glands) are the site of the Fox–Fordyce disease. Sudden appearance of raised bumps (papules) near the apocrine glands is...

Reference for findings: Carlos C. Diez Freire, M.D., Shahla Masood, M.D. "Apocrine metaplasia". Pathology Outlines.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names:...

Verrucous epidermal nevus Nevus sebaceous Nevus comedonicus Eccrine nevus Apocrine nevus Connective tissue nevi represent abnormalities of collagen in the...

presence of underarm osmidrosis (odor associated with sweat caused by apocrine secretion), and is associated with colostrum secretion. The protein encoded...

product and no part of the gland is lost or damaged (compare holocrine and apocrine). The term eccrine is specifically used to designate merocrine secretions...

and black sweat have been reported. Usually, chromhidrosis affects the apocrine glands, mainly on the face and underarms. A limited number of treatment...

Adenocarcinoma (/ˌædɪnoʊkɑːrsɪˈnoʊmə/; plural adenocarcinomas or adenocarcinomata /ˌædɪnoʊkɑːrsɪˈnoʊmətə/; AC) is a type of cancerous tumor that can occur...

Miliaria, commonly known as heat rash, sweat rash, or prickly heat, is a skin disease marked by small, itchy rashes due to sweat trapped under the skin...

of the epidermis. It is thought to develop from the folliculo–sebaceous–apocrine germinative cells called trichoblasts (of note, trichoblastic carcinoma...

who sweat almost everywhere. However, they do have sweat glands, called apocrine glands, associated with every hair follicle on the body. The exact function...

testicular artery, testicular vein, and pampiniform plexus. Sebaceous glands Apocrine glands Smooth muscle The skin on the scrotum is more highly pigmented in...

An Apocrine nevus is an extremely rare cutaneous condition that is composed of hyperplastic mature apocrine glands.: 775  Apocrine nevi present as a nodular...

cytoplasm towards the lumen. They are found normally in apocrine cells, and can also appear in apocrine metaplasia and columnar cell changes in the breast...

are located. The mammary glands are hypothesized to have evolved from apocrine-like glands to produce milk, a nutritious secretion that is the most distinctive...