SWEAT GLAND


Meaning of SWEAT GLAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1845

: a simple tubular gland of the skin that excretes perspiration, is widely distributed in nearly all parts of the human skin, and consists typically of an epithelial tube extending spirally from a minute pore on the surface of the skin into the dermis or subcutaneous tissues where it ends in a convoluted tuft

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