INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM
DERMIS
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Question
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What type of cutaneous gland (gland that opens on to the skin) produces sweat that cools the body upon evaporation from the skin?
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salivary gland
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apocrine gland
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sebaceous gland
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eccrine gland
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Eccrine sweat glands occur over most of the body and open directly onto the skin’s surface.
Detailed explanation-2: -The eccrine sweat gland, which is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, regulates body temperature. When internal temperature rises, the eccrine glands secrete water to the skin surface, where heat is removed by evaporation.
Detailed explanation-3: -sympathetic nervous system stimulates the eccrine sweat glands to secrete water to the skin surface, where it cools the body by evaporation.
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