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The adult human dermis has approximately 3 million sweat glands. Hope this helps! I got the information out of my life science book, so it should be right!
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∙ 11y agoThere are 3 million sweat glands in an adult's dermis. Hope this helps :)
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How many sweat glands are in a person's armpit?
There are approximately 20-30 sweat glands in a person's armpit.
How many sweat glands are in the body?
About 2 million
How many sweat glands are in the skin?
There are approximately 3,000,000 sweat glands in the skin. Citation: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
What is an example of how your exocrine system works in your body?
our sweat glanda are an example of our exocrine system as they secreat sweat which lysogenic enzyme and kill many pathogens on our skin and also helps in resisting heat the other example is mammalary glands in females
What are the large pairs of salivary gland?
There are three big pairs of salivary glands in addition to many smaller ones. The parotid glands, submandibular glands and sublingual glands are the large, paired salivary glands.
How many sweat glands are in a child's body?
not as many as there are in an adult humans body
How many sweat glands are in your feet?
There are 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet.
Which gland produces sweat?
There are two kinds of sweat glands: eccrine and apocrine. Eccrine glands are the most widespread and function in evaporative cooling. Apocrine glands are concentrated in the axillary and pubic regions. In many animals, apocrine glands produce secretions containing pheromones.
How many sweat glands are in a person's armpit?
There are approximately 20-30 sweat glands in a person's armpit.
Where are the most sweat glands?
Sweat glands are found in almost every part of the skin, forming tiny coiled tubes embedded in the dermis or subcutaneous fat. There are two types of sweat gland: eccrine glands and apocrine glands.
Is it normal for areola to sweat?
Yes, your whole body has many sweat glands
How the skin removes waste materials from the body?
Some of the ways in which skin acts as a waste removal organ are: 1) Through shedding of dead skin cells - Every minute, the skin loses thousands of dead skin cells which are immediately replaced by new ones, this is one way of removing cellular waste material. 2) Through sweat - sweat contains many waste products such as salt, ammonia, uric acid and urea
How many gallons of sweat are produced daily by the sweat glands?
up to 4.5 gallons of sweat a day.
How many sweat glands are in your skin?
2 million
How many sweat glands are in the body?
About 2 million
How many sweat glands do pigs have?
=none at all.=
Where is the sebaceous gland located?
Actually, these glands are not just in one body part. They are glands that are found in the skin, and although in humans, most of them are found on the head (specifically the face and the scalp), they can be found on many other parts of the body too. The only body parts without sebaceous glands are the palms of the hands, and the soles of the feet.
