II. Physiology: Thermoregulation (heat dissipation)
- Increased skin Blood Flow
- Increased sweating with Evaporative Cooling
III. Type: Merocrine Sweat Gland (Merocrine secretion)
- Make up majority of bodies Sweat Glands
- Most concentrated in palms and soles
- Coiled tubular gland secretes watery fluid
- Sweat composed mainly of hypotonic Sodium chloride
- Released directly onto skin surface
- Innervatation
- Cholinergic fibers of Sympathetic Nervous System
- Stimulation of sweating
- Excessive body heat
- Fear
IV. Type: Apocrine Sweat Gland (Apocrine Secretion)
- Similar to odiferous glands in mammals
- Sweat Glands in axilla and genital regions
- Not functional until Puberty
- Function fluctuates with Menstrual Cycle in women
- Viscous secretions released via Hair Follicles
- Milky fluid often with odor due to skin flora
- Innervation
- Adrenergic fibers of Sympathetic Nervous System
V. References
- Wheater (1987) Functional Histology, p. 130-2
- Murphy in Cotran (1989) Robbins Pathology, p. 1277-8
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| Definition (NCI) | An unbranched, coiled, tubular gland not associated with the hair follicle that promotes cooling by evaporation of its secretion. It is innervated by cholinergic nerve fibers. |
| Definition (NCI_NCI-GLOSS) | A type of simple sweat gland that is found in almost all regions of the skin. These glands produce sweat that reaches the surface of the skin by way of coiled ducts (tubes). The body is cooled as sweat evaporates from the skin. |
| Definition (MSH) | Simple sweat glands that secrete sweat directly onto the SKIN. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| MSH | D004439 |
| SnomedCT | 2759004 |
| English | Gland, Eccrine, Glands, Eccrine, Eccrine Gland, Eccrine sweat gland, eccrine glands, eccrine gland, eccrine glands sweat, eccrine sweat gland, Eccrine gland, Eccrine gland structure (body structure), Eccrine gland structure, Eccrine gland, NOS, Eccrine Glands, Eccrine Sweat Gland |
| French | Glande eccrine, Glandes eccrines |
| Swedish | Eckrina körtlar |
| Czech | ekkrinní žlázy |
| Finnish | Ekkriiniset rauhaset |
| Russian | EKKRINNYE ZHELEZY, ЭККРИННЫЕ ЖЕЛЕЗЫ |
| Polish | Gruczoły ekrynowe |
| Spanish | estructura de la glándula ecrina, estructura de la glándula ecrina (estructura corporal), estructura de glándula ecrina, estructura de glándula ecrina (estructura corporal), glándula ecrina, Glándulas Ecrinas |
| Norwegian | Ekkrine kjertler |
| German | Ekkrine Drüsen |
| Italian | Ghiandole eccrine |
| Dutch | Eccriene klieren, Klier, eccriene |
| Portuguese | Glândulas Écrinas |
Ontology: Sweat Glands (C0038989)
| Definition (NCI) | The small coiled tubes in the skin that produce and secrete sweat. |
| Definition (NCI_CDISC) | The small coiled tubular glands in the skin that produce and secrete sweat. |
| Definition (MSH) | Sweat-producing structures that are embedded in the DERMIS. Each gland consists of a single tube, a coiled body, and a superficial duct. |
| Definition (CSP) | sweat-producing structures that are embedded in the dermis; each gland consists of a single tube, a coiled body, and a superficial duct. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| MSH | D013545 |
| SnomedCT | 10410005 |
| HL7 | SWTG |
| English | Gland, Sweat, Glands, Sweat, sudiferous gland, sudoriferous glands, Glandula sudorifera, Sweat glands, sudoriferous gland, sweat gland, sweat glands, SUDORIFEROUS GLAND, Sweat gland, Sudoriferous gland, Sweat gland structure (body structure), Sweat gland structure, Sudoriferous gland, NOS, Sweat gland, NOS, Sweat Glands, Sweat Gland |
| French | Glande sudoripare, Glandes sudoripares |
| Swedish | Svettkörtlar |
| Czech | potní žlázy |
| Finnish | Hikirauhaset |
| Russian | POTOVYE ZHELEZY, ПОТОВЫЕ ЖЕЛЕЗЫ |
| Croatian | ŽLIJEZDE ZNOJNICE |
| Polish | Gruczoły potowe |
| Spanish | estructura de la glándula sudorípara, estructura de glándula sudorípara (estructura corporal), estructura de glándula sudorípara, estructura de la glándula sudorípara (estructura corporal), glándula sudorípara, Glándulas Sudoríparas |
| Norwegian | Svettekjertler, Glandulae sudoriferae |
| German | Glandulae sudoriferae, Schweißdrüsen |
| Italian | Ghiandole sudoripare |
| Dutch | Glandulae sudoriferae, Klier, zweet-, Zweetklier, Zweetklieren |
| Portuguese | Glândulas Sudoríparas |
