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.
Eccrine glands are the most abundant sweat glands and they are also over your body and function throughout your lifetime.
Eccrine sweat gkands
Eccrine (sweat) glands.
Sweat gland (eccrine)
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.
Sweat gland (eccrine)
Sweat gland (eccrine)
sweat gland - eccrine
sweat gland - eccrine
Eccrine sweat gland
Eccrine sweat gland
There are several names: sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands, eccrine, and apocrine gland. The eccrine is found all over the body while the apocrine gland is found with hair follicles.