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  2. Skin appendage - Wikipedia

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    Sweat glands are distributed all over the body except nipples and outer genitals. Although the nipples do have the mammary glands, these are known as modified sweat glands. Sebaceous glands are typically found in the opening shafts of hair. They are not on the palms of the hands or the soles of the feet.

  3. Sebaceous gland - Wikipedia

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    The preputial glands of mice and rats are large modified sebaceous glands that produce pheromones used for territorial marking. [5] These and the scent glands in the flanks of hamsters have a similar composition to human sebaceous glands, are androgen responsive, and have been used as a basis for study. [5]

  4. List of glands of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Littré's glands, Morgagni's glands spongy portion of the urethra: mucous racemose 20 Lumbar glands: abdomen, near the back 21 Mammary gland: breast: milk: compound tubulo-acinar 22 Meibomian gland: eyelids: sebaceous 23 Moll's glands: eyelids: sebum 24 Montgomery's glands: mammary areola: sebaceous 25 Naboth's glands cervix and os uteri: mucous 26

  5. Exocrine gland - Wikipedia

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    Exocrine glands contain a glandular portion and a duct portion, the structures of which can be used to classify the gland. [1] The duct portion may be branched (called compound) or unbranched (called simple). The glandular portion may be tubular or acinar, or may be a mix of the two (called tubuloacinar). If the glandular portion branches, then ...

  6. Mammary gland - Wikipedia

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    A mammary gland is an exocrine gland in humans and other mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring.Mammals get their name from the Latin word mamma, "breast".The mammary glands are arranged in organs such as the breasts in primates (for example, humans and chimpanzees), the udder in ruminants (for example, cows, goats, sheep, and deer), and the dugs of other animals (for example, dogs ...

  7. Meibomian gland - Wikipedia

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    Meibomian glands (also called tarsal glands, palpebral glands, and tarsoconjunctival glands) are sebaceous glands along the rims of the eyelid inside the tarsal plate. They produce meibum , an oily substance that prevents evaporation of the eye's tear film .

  8. Subcutaneous tissue - Wikipedia

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    Blood vessels on route to the dermis [6] Lymphatic vessels on route from the dermis [7] The glandular part of some sweat glands; mammary glands lie entirely within the subcutaneous tissue [8] (which are modified apocrine sweat glands) [9] Cutaneous nerves [7] and free endings; Hair follicle roots; Ruffini [10]: 478 and Pacinian corpuscles; Mast ...

  9. Smegma - Wikipedia

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    Smegma was originally thought to be produced by sebaceous glands near the frenulum called Tyson's glands; however, subsequent studies have failed to find these glands. [10] Joyce Wright states that smegma is produced from minute microscopic protrusions of the mucosal surface of the foreskin and that living cells constantly grow towards the ...