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There are approximately 3,000,000 sweat glands in the skin.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe average person has 2 million sweat glands in their skin.
i think about 100,000
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∙ 12y ago1.6 to 4 million sweat glands
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3 million is a good amount
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∙ 11y agoThere are about 2.6 million sweat glands on your body except the lips, nipples and genitals.
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∙ 9y agoThe average person has 2.6 million sweat glands, which are widely distributed over the body.
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∙ 16y agoThe two main types are sudoriferous and sebaceous.
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∙ 11y agoThe body has 2-3 million sweet glands.
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∙ 12y ago2 Million
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∙ 10y ago100000
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Does skin make sweat?
There are very fine and coiled tubular glands in the skin. They are called as sweat glands. In hot and humid tropical climate, the person can produce sweat at the rate of one litre per hour.
Where do sweat glands belong?
Sweat glands belong in your skin. In one square inch of skin their are 500 sweat glands. The main jobs of sweat include reducing your body's temperature through evaporation, providing a barrier from harmful bacteria, and keeping your skin from drying out.
How sweat is produced?
Sweat is produced by the sweat glands under the skin. These are tubular glands under the epidermis of the skin. These glands are controlled by the hypothalamus (brain). When a person's body temperature rises, the temperature receptors on the skin sense it and sends the signals to the hypothalamus. This in turn makes the hypothalamus to signal the sweat glands to release sweat. This lowers the temperature of the skin and hence keeps the body cool.
Where are the sweat glands on the body located?
Well sudoriferous glands are sweat glands. They include the Eccrine sweat glands also known as the merocrine sweat glands, Apocrine sweat glands, Ceruminous glands and mammary glands.
What are sweat glands classified as?
Appendages of the Skin
Does skin make sweat?
There are very fine and coiled tubular glands in the skin. They are called as sweat glands. In hot and humid tropical climate, the person can produce sweat at the rate of one litre per hour.
Where does the sweat originate?
Sweat glands are found in the skin.
How many sweat glands are in your skin?
2 million
What is the function of the glands of the skin?
the sweat glands of the skin rid of sweat as waste product 2nd answer: The sweat glands excrete water onto the skin to help keep you cool.
Is there such thing of sweat glands?
Sweat glands do exist. They are the parts of the skin that make perspiration.
Which organ Has sweat glands?
The skin.
What type of glands does bird skin not have?
Sudiforus (sweat) glands.
Where do sweat glands belong?
Sweat glands belong in your skin. In one square inch of skin their are 500 sweat glands. The main jobs of sweat include reducing your body's temperature through evaporation, providing a barrier from harmful bacteria, and keeping your skin from drying out.
How sweat is produced?
Sweat is produced by the sweat glands under the skin. These are tubular glands under the epidermis of the skin. These glands are controlled by the hypothalamus (brain). When a person's body temperature rises, the temperature receptors on the skin sense it and sends the signals to the hypothalamus. This in turn makes the hypothalamus to signal the sweat glands to release sweat. This lowers the temperature of the skin and hence keeps the body cool.
Where are the sweat glands on the body located?
Well sudoriferous glands are sweat glands. They include the Eccrine sweat glands also known as the merocrine sweat glands, Apocrine sweat glands, Ceruminous glands and mammary glands.
What is the fluid secreted by the sweat glands in your skin called?
the fluid secreted by the sweat glands is called
What organ is primarily exocrine tissue?
There are many. Sweat glands are exocrine tissue that produces and secretes sweat from your skin.
