Glands

Cutaneous Glands

Fall primarily into two categories: 1. sebaceous glands, and 2. Sweat glands found in the dermis (thick tissue below the epidermis), are sebaceous glands and sweat glands. Sebaceous glands, or oil glands, are found all over the skin, except on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.

Apocrine glands

Found in the axillary and genital areas, these glands are secrete a milky protein and fat rich substance that is an excellent nutrient medium for the microorganisms typically found o the skin. Because these glands enlarge during a woman's menstrual cycle the gland are the reason animals can smell it.

Blackheads

are accumulations of dried sebum, bacteria, and melanin from epithelial cells in the oil duct. ACNE is an active infection of the sebaceous glands.

Eccrine glands

glands that produce sweat; found over most of the body; they produce clear perspiration consisting of a plasma filtrate, water, salts, and urea. Are an important part of the body's thermoregulating apparatus.

sebaceous glands

oil glands; found all over the skin except for the palms of our hands and the soles of feet. Their ducts usually empty onto a hair follicle, but some open on the skin surface.

Sebum

oily substance produced by sebaceous glands; a mixture of oily substances and fragmented cells that act as a lubricant to keep the skin soft and moist, and keeps the hair from being brittle.

Sudoriferous Glands

sweat glands; are widely distributed over the body, and are outlets for the glands called pores.