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Which skin area has more sweat glands forearm or palms of the hands?
The palms have more sweat glands. It contains about 600 glands per cm2
Why does the palm have more sweat glands than the forearm?
yes, the palm has more sweat glands than the forearm
Why do sweat and oil glands get more active during puberty?
why do the sweat and oil glands get more active during puberty
Where are the most sweat glands?
Sweat glands are found in almost every part of the skin, forming tiny coiled tubes embedded in the dermis or subcutaneous fat. There are two types of sweat gland: eccrine glands and apocrine glands.
What body part has more sweat glands?
arm picks
Which skin area has more sweat glands forearm or forehead?
The palm of your hand. Hands contact more objects and there is also more friction so they need more sweat glands to help cool them.
Why palm of hand sweat more?
because the palm of your hands have more sweat glands than other places on your body
What body areas have the highest density of sweat glands?
Sweat glands are distributed over the entire skin surface except the nipples and parts of the external genitalia. There are up to 3 million of them per person. There are two types of sweat grands: eccrine and apocrine.Eccrine sweat glands, also called merocrine sweat glands, are far more numerous and are particularly abundant on the palms, soles of the feet, and forehead.Apocrine sweat glands, approximately 2000 of them are largely confined to the axillary and anogenital areas.
How many sweat glands become more active during puberty?
There is no way to know the exact number of sweat glands that become more active in puberty. There are two types of sweat glands, eccrine and apocrine. The eccrine sweat glands are for cooling the body and are active your entire life and are located just about all over your body. The apocrine sweat glands are the ones that occur in places like your arm pits, crotch, and peri-anal areas. They are the one that increase their secretions after the onset of puberty.
Do you secrete or excrete sweat?
You secrete sweat. Excretions refer to bodily waste. They serve no more use to the body and thus are removed from the system. (e.g. feces, urine) In contrast, secretions serve a purpose and are not considered waste. (e.g. sweat, saliva, mucus, wax). Sweat is necessary in thermo-regulation.
What part of your body sweats more?
Your arm pits is what sweats the most because it has the most sweat glands in the body.
Why do backs sweat more than other parts of the body?
Because the back has closer sweat glands to the Spinal cord
