LooseLeaf for Integrated Principles of Zoology
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ISBN: 9781259562310
Author: Cleveland P Hickman Jr. Emeritus, Susan L. Keen, Allan Larson, David J Eisenhour Professor PhD, Helen I'Anson Associate Professor of Biology, Larry S Roberts
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 28, Problem 5RQ
Describe location and principal function(s) of each of the following skin glands: sweat glands, scent glands, sebaceous glands, and mammary glands.
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Describe location and principal function(s) of each of the following skin glands: sweat glands, scent glands, sebaceous glands, and mammary glands.
Summary of Skin Glands
FEATURE
SEBACEOUS (OIL) GLANDS
ECCRINE GLANDS
APOCRINE SWEAT GLANDS
CERUMINOUS GLANDS
Distribution
Location of
Secretory portion
Termination of excretory duct
Secretion
Functions
Onset of function
Contrast the locations and functions of sebaceous (oil) glands,sudoriferous (sweat) glands, and ceruminous glands.
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