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eccrine gland

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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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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eccrine eccrinology sudoriferous gland sweat gland			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. What Is Thermoregulation and It Works? by Semul Johnson / Food/cooking/nutrition community The majority of these are eccrine sweat glands that produce sweat. Revved-up athletes: race-car drivers train on the tract and in the ... by Crane, Cody / Science World 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. Therapeutic potential of retinoic acid metabolism blocking agents ... by Goodman, Timothy; McCaffery, Peter / Clinical Dermatology			Ecclesiastical Commissioners Ecclesiastical commissioners for England Ecclesiastical courts ecclesiastical law ecclesiastical mode Ecclesiastical modes ecclesiastical province ecclesiastical robe Ecclesiastical States Ecclesiastically ecclesiasticism Ecclesiasticus ecclesioclasticism ecclesiography ecclesiolatry Ecclesiological Ecclesiologist ecclesiology ecclesiophobia Ecclestone Ecclus. ECCM eccremocarpus eccrine eccrine gland Eccrine sweat glands eccrinology Eccritic ECCS eccyesis ecdemic ecdemiomania Ecderon ecdysiast ecdysis ecdysone ecesis Ecevit ECF ECG Ecgonine echard Echauguette Eche Echegaray y Eizaguirre Echelle echelon echelon grating Echelon lens echeloned displacement Echeneididae			ECCOM ECCOMAS Multidisciplinary Jubilee Symposium ECCOO ECCOPT ECCOS Eccosaise Eccosaise Eccossaise Eccossaise Eccoxolac Eccoxolac ECCP ECCPA eCCPM ECCPS ECCQ ECCR ECCRAM ECCRC ECCREDI Eccremocarpus eccrine eccrine eccrine gland eccrine gland eccrine gland eccrine poroma eccrine sweat gland eccrine sweat gland eccrine sweat gland Eccrine sweat glands eccrine tumors eccrine tumors eccrinology eccrisis eccritic eccritic ECCRM ECCRN ECCRU ECCS ECCS ECCSA ECCSC ECCSCM ECCSE ECCSF ECCSGD ECCSL ECCSP ECCSR ECCSS ECCSSA ECCT ECCTA ECCTAI ECCTD ECCTI

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