Sweat gland

Sweat gland
A cross-section of the human skin, with the sweat gland labeled at the bottom
Details
Precursor	Ectoderm
System	Integumentary
Nerve	Eccrine: cholinergic sympathetic nerves Apocrine: adrenergic nerves
Identifiers
Latin	Glandula sudorifera[1]
MeSH	D013545
TA	A16.0.00.029
FMA	59152
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Sweat glands, (sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands),^[2] are small tube-like glands in the skin that create sweat.

The evaporation of sweat helps to cool the body down. Also, in many mammals, the sweat contains a slight scent which other animals can notice.

References

1. Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology (2008). Terminologia histologica: international terms for human cytology and histology. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 121. ISBN 9780781775373.
2. "sudoriferous". The New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd ed.).