Apocrine Sweat glands

2 specialized types of apocrine glands

1. cerumunious glands that produce earwax 2. mammary glands that secrete milk

are also merocrine glands and...

also secrete by exocytosis. But they are larger then eccrine merocrine glands and so lie deeper in the dermis and their ducts empty into hair follicles

when do they begin functioning?

at puberty under the influence of androgens (sex hormones).

Secretions are composed of...

same as sweat, but are mixed in with fatty substances and proteins = viscous and yellow color

activated by...

sympathetic nerve fibers during pain, stress, and sexual activity where they enlarge and recede with a woman's menstrual cycle