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We have oil glands because skin needs to be slightly oily to prevent it from losing water too quickly.
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What glands in the skin help keep skin soft?
Sebaceous glands produce oils for the hair and skin.
Do lips have oil glands?
No, lips do not have oil glands.
What are the Oil producing glands of the skin are called?
They are also called sebaceous glands which are found on all parts of the body except the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. If by any chance this gland is blocked by sebum (product of the sebaceous gland) whiteheads will occur.
What ids the difference between sweat glands and oil glands?
Sweat glands releases sweat and oil glands release oil, other wise they are both glands
What disease characterized by bacterial infection of the sebaceous oil glands in the skin?
One of these is called acne. Untreated or under-treated, it can cause scaring and pitting of the skin.
What is the oil glands of the skin?
sebacous glands
What is found in your skin bone cells chloroplasts oil glands cell walls?
Oil glands are found in your skin.
What glands in the skin help keep skin soft?
Sebaceous glands produce oils for the hair and skin.
Are oil glands found in your skin?
Yes
What are the functions of of the skin glands?
Sebaceous glands secrete oil to protect the skin. Sweat glands secrete watery perspiration to excrete wastes and cool the body.
What glands help keep skin soft and hair lustrous?
The oil glands.
What layer of skin is responsible of excretion?
The dermis has oil glands and sweat glands in it.
What body system has Sebaceous glands?
Sebaceous glands produce oil from the Dermis layer of the skin. The number of these glands in the skin is hard to calculate.
What is the sebaceous gland of the skin called?
Oil gland
What is the oil that the glands secrete for your hair and skin?
sebum
What structure includes the types apocrine eccrine and sebaceous?
The glands of the skin, or the integumentary glands, include apocrine and eccrine sweat glands, and sebaceous glands that secrete sebum, or skin oil.
What layer of the skin are blood vessels oil glands and sweat glands contained in?
Oil glands ,also known as Sebaceous Glands ,blood vessels,sweat glands along with nerve endings are found in 2nd layer of skin ,which is called as Dermis.u can not see it because DERMIS as it is under the OUTERMOST layer of skin called as EPIDERMIS
