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What organ system controls the activity of eccrine sweat glands?
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∙ 12y ago
The nervous system.
Sweating is regulated by the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system, over which we have little control. Its major role is to prevent overheating of the body.
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What organ system controls activity of eccrine glands?
The Skin controls the activity of the eccrine sweat glands.
What system controls muscles and regulates body activity?
The nervous system controls muscles and glands by electrical impulses.
Which organ fuctions in excretory system?
These are the sweat glands, technically known as exocrine glands. That is very wrong!! Exocrine secrete hormones. The correct answer is sweat glands which is technically known as "sudoriferous glands".
What controls all the other glands in your body?
The Endocrine system.
What are the similarities and differences between apocrine sweat glands and eccrine sweat glands?
Eccrine and apocrine sweat glands are both referred to as sudoriferous glands. The eccrine glands are found all over the body and function throughout your life. Apocrine glands develop during puberty and are most active throughout adulthood and are located in the armpits, areolar, genital, and anal areas. They are also the ones responsible for what we refer to as body odor. It is not the sweat that actually has to odor, but the bacteria that it attracts excretes its wastes as it digests the sweat. It is the bacteria's waste products that actually have the odor. So, you could say, you do not have body odor. Instead, you have bacteria odor.
Does voluntary responses control the activity of glands?
The response of your glands is involuntary and controlled by a negative feedback system.
What controls the activity of the body?
By your nervous system
Controls body growth and other glands?
Pituitary gland in your brain and the endocrine system.
What body system controls the body by means of chemical molecules called hormones?
The nucleus is the chemical control center of the cell.
What Body systems that regulates growth and develop through release of chemical messages?
The endocrine system, which includes the pituitary gland, the subaceous glands, the thyroid gland, the suprarenal glands, the pancreas, and the gonads. The endocrine system controls many structural and functional changes during development and adjusts metabolic activity and energy use by the body.
What is the autonmic nervous system?
the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
Inhibition of parasympathetic nervous system activity causes the salivary glands to become?
hypoactive
