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eccrine gland
(redirected from Eccrine sweat glands)

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eccrine gland
n.
Any of the numerous small sweat glands distributed over the body's surface that produce a clear aqueous secretion devoid of cytoplasmic constituents and important in regulating body temperature.
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Noun1.eccrine gland - a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin
sudoriferous gland, sweat gland - any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration


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While eccrine sweat glands throughout the body, with a concentration on the palms and soles, apocrine glands are mainly the hands and are in the anal-genital area.
The majority of these are eccrine sweat glands that produce sweat.
used immunohistochemistry to examine CYP26A1 protein in the skin [44], it was found to be mainly limited to the basal layer of the epidermis, in particular the cytosol of keratinocytes as well as the epithelium of sebaceous glands and eccrine sweat glands.
 
 
 
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