Sweat gland
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Sweat glands, also known as sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands, from Latin sudor 'sweat', are small tubular structures of the skin that produce sweat. Sweat glands are a type of exocrine gland, which
Human sweat gland pores on the ridges of a finger pad
In apocrine secretion (pictured), portions of the cell are pinched off and later disintegrate.
Exocrine gland
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Exocrine glands are glands that secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous, lacrimal, sebaceous, prostate
An acinus is a round cluster of exocrine cells connected to a duct.