INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM
APPENDAGES OF SKIN
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Question
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Oil glands that are found all over the skin, except on the palms and soles, are called ____
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merocrine glands
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sebaceous glands
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apocrine glands
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sweat glands
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sebaceous glands are present everywhere on the human skin except for the palms, soles, and dorsa of the feet. Generally, they are associated with hair follicles and empty through a short duct into the canal of the hair follicle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sebaceous glands are holocrine glands found over the entire surface of the body except the palms, soles and dorsum of the feet. They are largest and most concentrated in the face and scalp where they are the sites of origin of acne (Fig. 1).
Detailed explanation-3: -The only place where you don’t have sebaceous glands are on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. You have the most sebaceous glands on your face and scalp.
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