A gland that leaks secretions from cells to the outside of the body without accompanying the formed elements of the cells. Salivary glands also belong to this category, but the term usually refers to eccrine sweat glands (also called minor sweat glands). Eccrine sweat glands are long, tubular glands distributed throughout the body, and together with apocrine sweat glands, they make up the two types of sweat glands in humans. There are 2 to 5 million of them in total. The secretion is low viscosity and odorless, and is what we call sweat. Sweating regulates body temperature. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
細胞内の分泌物が,細胞の有形成分を伴わずに体外に漏出する腺のこと。唾液腺もこれに属するが,普通はエクリン汗腺 (小汗腺ともいう) をさす。エクリン汗腺は全身に分布する細長い管状腺で,アポクリン汗腺とともに2種類ある人間の汗腺を構成している。総数は 200~500万個。分泌物は粘性が低く,臭気をもたない,いわゆる汗であり,発汗によって体温調節を行なっている。
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