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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]
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.
Skin secretions originate from glands that in dermal layer of the epidermis. Sweat, a physiological aid to body temperature regulation, is secreted by eccrine glands. Sebaceous glands secrete the skin lubricant sebum. Sebum is secreted onto the hair shaft and it prevents the hair from splitting. It consists mostly of lipids.
A male breast. The human areola (areola mammae, / ə ˈ r iː ə l ə / [1] [2] or / ˌ ær i ˈ oʊ l ə / [2] [3]) is the pigmented area on the breast around the nipple.More generally, an areola is a small circular area on the body with a different histology from the surrounding tissue, or other small circular areas such as an inflamed region of skin.
Sebaceous glands These glands are located in hair follicles and produce an oily substance called sebum. In the ear, most of these glands live in the tiny hair follicles in the outer two-thirds of ...
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 ...
Examples are sweat glands of arm pits, pubic region, skin around anus, lips and nipples; mammary glands, etc. Holocrine – the entire cell disintegrates to excrete its substance; for example, sebaceous glands of the skin and nose, meibomian gland, zeis gland, etc.
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 Olfactory glands, Bowman's glands nose, olfactory region mucous 27 Paneth cells: small intestine: serous 28