The hypothalamus of the brain regulates body temperature and blood pressure. It secretes cortisol, which is important in controlling these things.
sudoriferous
eccrine
The main purpose of a sweat gland is to cool the body.
sweat gland
sudorifus glands (sweat) is the only sweat gland but there is a sebacious gland (oil)
The sweat gland produce sweat. The sweat pore provides a portal of exit for the body wastes excreted in the sweat. Sweat also helps to cool the body down.
The sweat pore is were the sweat from the sweat gland is released. The main function of sweat is temperature regulation (thermoregulation).
Eccrine glands are the most abundant sweat glands and they are also over your body and function throughout your lifetime.
The sweat glands control body temperature.
to cool the body down
Sweat glands are usually either merocrine (most common) or apocrine (a specialized merocrine gland usually found around armpits that may be responsible for body odor and potentially human pheromones).
Part of the heat liberating apparatus of the body is the eccrine sweat gland. Eccrine sweat glands are found in the skin, mostly on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.
The pituitary gland produces a number of important endocrine hormones. It plays a key part in regulating growth by the production of HGH (Human Hormone). Gigantism is usually caused by pituitary gland tumors which are responsible for the overproduction of HGH.
Sweat gland (eccrine)