GENERAL HISTOLOGY

INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM

DERMIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Oil glands that are connected to hair follicles are also called:
A
sudoriferous glands
B
sebaceous glands
C
arrector glands
D
substance glands
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sebaceous glands are organs connected to your hair follicle that release an oily protective substance called sebum.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -sebaceous gland, small oil-producing gland present in the skin of mammals. Sebaceous glands are usually attached to hair follicles and release a fatty substance, sebum, into the follicular duct and thence to the surface of the skin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sebaceous glands are the oil secreting glands of your body. This is why they are also called the oil glands. They are a type of holocrine simple saccular (alveolar) gland. Their function is to secrete a substance called sebum, a mixture of fatty substances, entire sebum-producing cells, and epithelial cell debris.

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