MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sweat glands, also known as sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands, from Latin sudor ‘sweat’, are small tubular structures of the skin that produce sweat. Sweat glands are a type of exocrine gland, which are glands that produce and secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct.

Detailed explanation-2: -The secretory portion is found in the dermis, the middle layer of the skin. Sometimes it’s also found in the hypodermis, the deepest layer of our skin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The contents of eccrine sweat are mainly water and NaCl. It also contains chemicals from interstitial fluid and the eccrine gland. Eccrine sweat glands can also be thought of as an excretory organ, since they excrete waste products as well.