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eccrine sweat gland

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A merocrine, unbranched, unbranched, coiled, tubular gland sweat gland. In humans, distributed over almost all of the body surface, and promote cooling by evaporation of their secretion. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccrine_sweat_gland ]

Term info

Label

eccrine sweat gland

Synonyms
  • glandula sudorifera eccrina
  • glandula sudorifera merocrina
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim, organ_slim

has related synonym

merocrine sweat gland, eccrine gland

id

UBERON:0000423

taxon notes

in mice, found only on footpads; in humans, entire body including soles and palms

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