Glands - Sweat glands
3 important questions on Glands - Sweat glands
What are the two types of sweat glands in the skin?
- Merocrine
- Apocrine
What are the 4 characteritics of apocrine sweat glands?
- They develope from hair follicles in puberty
- They signal body scent (emotions/pheromones?)
- Scent developes via bacterial interactions on the skin
- Not for thermo regulation
What are the 3 characteristics of the merocrine sweat glands?
- They secrete directly onto the skn surface
- They are for thermoregulation
- They protect by inhibiting bacterial growth
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