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Sweat Gland

Aka: Sweat Gland, Merocrine Sweat Gland, Apocrine Sweat Gland, Eccrine Gland

See Also
1. Skin Anatomy
Physiology: Thermoregulation (heat dissipation)
1. Increased skin blood flow
2. Increased sweating with evaporative cooling
Type: Merocrine Sweat Gland (Merocrine secretion)
1. Make up majority of bodies Sweat Glands
  1. Most concentrated in palms and soles
2. Coiled tubular gland secretes watery fluid
  1. Sweat composed mainly of hypotonic sodium chloride
  2. Released directly onto skin surface
3. Innervatation
  1. Cholinergic fibers of sympathetic nervous system
4. Stimulation of sweating
  1. Excessive body heat
  2. Fear
Type: Apocrine Sweat Gland (Apocrine Secretion)
1. Similar to odiferous glands in mammals
2. Sweat Glands in axilla and genital regions
  1. Not functional until Puberty
  2. Function fluctuates with Menstrual Cycle in women
3. Viscous secretions released via Hair Follicles
  1. Milky fluid often with odor due to skin flora
4. Innervation
  1. Adrenergic fibers of sympathetic nervous system
References
1. Wheater (1987) Functional Histology, p. 130-2
2. Murphy in Cotran (1989) Robbins Pathology, p. 1277-8

Eccrine Glands (C0013492)
Definition (NCI)	An unbranched, coiled, tubular gland not associated with the hair follicle that promotes cooling by evaporation of its secretion. It is innervated by cholinergic nerve fibers.
Definition (NCI)	A type of simple sweat gland that is found in almost all regions of the skin. These glands produce sweat that reaches the surface of the skin by way of coiled ducts (tubes). The body is cooled as sweat evaporates from the skin.
Definition (MSH)	Simple sweat glands that secrete sweat directly onto the SKIN.
Concepts	Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023)
MSH	D004439
SnomedCT	2759004
English	Gland, Eccrine, Glands, Eccrine, Eccrine Gland, Eccrine gland, NOS, Eccrine sweat gland, eccrine glands, eccrine glands sweat, eccrine sweat gland, eccrine gland, Eccrine gland, Eccrine gland structure (body structure), Eccrine gland structure, Eccrine Glands, Eccrine Sweat Gland
French	Glande eccrine, Glandes eccrines
Swedish	Eckrina körtlar
Czech	ekkrinní žlázy
Finnish	Ekkriiniset rauhaset
Russian	EKKRINNYE ZHELEZY, ЭККРИННЫЕ ЖЕЛЕЗЫ
Polish	Gruczoły ekrynowe
Spanish	estructura de la glándula ecrina (estructura corporal), estructura de la glándula ecrina, glándula ecrina, Glándulas Ecrinas, Glandulas Ecrinas
German	Ekkrine Drüsen
Italian	Ghiandole eccrine
Dutch	Eccriene klieren, Klier, eccriene
Portuguese	Glândulas Écrinas
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

Sweat Glands (C0038989)
Definition (MSH)	Sweat-producing structures that are embedded in the DERMIS. Each gland consists of a single tube, a coiled body, and a superficial duct.
Definition (CSP)	sweat-producing structures that are embedded in the dermis; each gland consists of a single tube, a coiled body, and a superficial duct.
Concepts	Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023)
MSH	D013545
SnomedCT	10410005
HL7	SWTG
English	Gland, Sweat, Glands, Sweat, Sudoriferous gland, NOS, Sweat gland, NOS, sweat gland, sudiferous gland, sudoriferous glands, Glandula sudorifera, Sweat glands, sudoriferous gland, sweat glands, Sweat gland, Sudoriferous gland, Sweat gland structure (body structure), Sweat gland structure, Sweat Glands, Sweat Gland
French	Glande sudoripare, Glandes sudoripares
Swedish	Svettkörtlar
Czech	potní žlázy
Finnish	Hikirauhaset
Russian	POTOVYE ZHELEZY, ПОТОВЫЕ ЖЕЛЕЗЫ
Croatian	ŽLIJEZDE ZNOJNICE
Polish	Gruczoły potowe
Spanish	estructura de la glándula sudorípara (estructura corporal), estructura de la glándula sudorípara, glándula sudorípara, Glándulas Sudoríparas, Glandulas Sudoriparas
German	Glandulae sudoriferae, Schweißdrüsen
Italian	Ghiandole sudoripare
Dutch	Glandulae sudoriferae, Klier, zweet-, Zweetklier, Zweetklieren
Portuguese	Glândulas Sudoríparas
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)