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Sweat glands belong in your skin. In one square inch of skin their are 500 sweat glands. The main jobs of sweat include reducing your body's temperature through evaporation, providing a barrier from harmful bacteria, and keeping your skin from drying out.

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What system do the sweat glands belong to?

Sweat glands belong to the integumentary system, which is the body's system responsible for protecting the body from damage, such as dehydration and infection. Sweat glands help regulate body temperature by producing sweat, which cools the body through evaporation.


What organ system does sweat and ceruminous glands belong to?

Sudoriferous glands, or sweat glands, are part of the endocrine system.


Are there sweat glands on your palms?

No, they have sweat glands


Did dinosaurs have sweat glands?

Only mammals have sweat glands. Dinosaurs were reptiles, so they did not have sweat glands.


Where does the sweat originate?

Sweat glands are found in the skin.


How many sweat glands are in your feet?

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Which sweat glands in dogs are the most important?

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What is a proper name for sweat glands?

You mean sweat glands? If so then sudoriferous glands.


What do sweat glands excrete?

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Which cutaneous glands are concerned with cooling the body?

The sudoriferous glands, the exact name is eccrine sweat glands.


Where are the sweat glands on the body located?

Well sudoriferous glands are sweat glands. They include the Eccrine sweat glands also known as the merocrine sweat glands, Apocrine sweat glands, Ceruminous glands and mammary glands.


Does skin make sweat?

There are very fine and coiled tubular glands in the skin. They are called as sweat glands. In hot and humid tropical climate, the person can produce sweat at the rate of one litre per hour.