It's a modified sweat gland. Milk is essentially modified sweat, which is produced by mammary glands. Sebaceous glands produce sebum, which is this oily substance designed to lubricate skin and hair. This prevents the cells from drying out.
Ceruminous glands
The sweat gland duct transports sweat from the sweat gland to the skin's surface. It helps regulate body temperature by releasing sweat, which evaporates and cools the body.
One of the appendages of the skin is the cuteneous gland. it has two categories which are the sudoriferous(sweat) gland and sebaceous(oil) gland. the causes of sweat under arms is because of its sweat gland.
The gland found in the underarm or groin is called the apocrine gland. These glands produce a thicker secretion compared to eccrine glands, and their secretions can mix with bacteria on the skin to produce body odor.
The sebaceous glands and sweat glands secretes their secretions on the surface. That is on the skin. Technically the glands of the intestine also secrete their secretions on the surface. The intestinal cavity is never 'inside' your body. It is out side your body.
Ceruminous glands in the ear canal make cerumen, or ear wax. They are modified sudoriferous glands, as are the mammary glands.
It's just called a sweat gland....another name for them are sebaceous glands
It's a modified sweat gland. Milk is essentially modified sweat, which is produced by mammary glands. Sebaceous glands produce sebum, which is this oily substance designed to lubricate skin and hair. This prevents the cells from drying out.
It's basically an enlarged sweat gland. Isn't that sexy?
Oil gland
Yes, sweat glands are made of modified epithelial tissue. They are formed by invaginations of the epidermis (outer layer of the skin) and consist of coiled tubular structures. These tubular structures are lined with specialized sweat gland epithelial cells that secrete sweat.
Apocrine gland is a large sweat gland that is located in the skin. The function of this gland is to cool the surface of the skin and reduce body temperature.
It's when your sweat gland gets infected.
Eccrine glands are the most abundant sweat glands and they are also over your body and function throughout your lifetime.
The sweat pore is were the sweat from the sweat gland is released. The main function of sweat is temperature regulation (thermoregulation).
sudorifus glands (sweat) is the only sweat gland but there is a sebacious gland (oil)
Eccrine sweat gkands