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Answered 2008-09-24 22:41:37
sweat glands secrete sweat (H20, ammonia, urea, salt) onto skin surface. Function: cooling+ evaporation and removal of wastes Sebaceous gland (oil glands) secrete oil onto hair and skin. Function: prevents drying and protects against bacteria.
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Are the sweat and sebaceous glands in the stratum corneum?
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Sebaceous glands are also known as?
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In all mammals mammary glands are modified sweat or sebaceous glands?
sweat glands all do
Two types of glands found in the skin are the and glands?
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Sebaceous glands secrete oil to protect the skin. Sweat glands secrete watery perspiration to excrete wastes and cool the body.
Blackheads can result from a blockage of which of the following glands?
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What is another name for suderiferous glands and sebaceous glands?
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What are sebum and sweat?
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What are the two major types of glands in the skin?
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Glands that respond to the rising androgen levels are?
Apocrine glands which are sweat or sudoriferous glands not sebaceous
Do sweat glands have ducts?
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What kind of sweat gland is associated with hair?
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Are Sudoriferous glands oil secreting glands?
No, sudoriferous glands are sweat-secreting glands. Sebaceous glands are oil-secreting glands.
What structure includes the types apocrine eccrine and sebaceous?
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Which layer of the skin contains many sweat glands sebaceous glands and hair follicles?
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Parts of the skin?
lower dermis, dermis, epidermis, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, hair
What other organs are with the Skin?
Skin contains sweat glands and sebaceous glands and hair follicles.
Do the sweat and sebaceous glands release precipitation?
Its a free country so why not.
What do medial glands of the eye produce?
The medial glands of the eye are sebaceous and sweat glands. These glands produce moisture to lubricate the eye.
What are the 3 appendages of the skin?
That would be1. Hair2.Sweat Glands3.Sebaceous glands :)
What are the 5 things found in the dermis?
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Are sweat glands called sebaceous glands?
No. Sebaceous glands produce a grease-like substance called sebum which is excreted onto the skin. They are why you get greasy if you get too far from a shower for a couple of days.
What is sweat gland in skin called?
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Is mammary gland a modified sweat gland or sebaceous gland?
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