Diagram of sweat glands. Apocrine glands open into the hair follicle leading to the surface of the skin. Apocrine glands develop in areas abundant in hair follicles such as on your scalp armpits and groin. An outer duct and inner sweat secreting cells. Sweat gland either of two types of secretory skin glands occurring only in mammals.
Apocrine sweat glands which are associated with hair follicles continuously secrete a fatty sweat into the gland tubule. Health care concept diagram of sagging breasts and womans body illustration. The coiled part in the dermis is where sweat is produced and the long portion is a duct that connects the gland to the opening or pore on the skinss outer surface. Basically the sweat gland is a long coiled hollow tube of cells.
The other apocrine glands develop around hair follicles source. Sweat glands also known as sudoriferous glands are small tubular structures of skin that produce sweat. Health care concept diagram of chemical sunscreen and. Franchesca druggan ba msc last reviewed.
Structure and function of the sweat glands. They are distributed all over the skin except lips glans penis and nail bed. Eccrine glands are tubular structures that open directly at the top of the skin between the hair follicles. Human skin layer illustration for medical and health care use eccrine sweat gland in human body and skin diagram.
Diagram of body odor and sweat glands. The eccrine sweat gland which is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system regulates body temperature. They are found in the dermis of the skin throughout the bodysweat glands are sometimes referred to as sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands. June 09 2020 sweat glands are small coiled simple tubular glands that produce sweat.
Eccrine sweat glands are one of two types of sweat glands found only in mammals. Rachel baxter bsc msc reviewer. These glands are of two types. Eccrine glands occur over most of your body and open directly onto the surface of your skin.