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APOCRINE SWEAT GLAND [1 record]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2022-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
DEF

A large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion, is restricted in man to hairy regions of the body, and is lined by a single layer of tall columnar cells with acidophile cytoplasm.

CONT

Friction skin has no hair follicies and, thus no apocrine or sebaceous glands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
DEF

Glande sudoripare localisée à l'état normal dans les régions anogénitales, inguinales, axillaires et mamelonnaires, à la lumière plus large, bordée de cellules éosinophiles, qui se développe plus tardivement chez l'enfant et s'abouche dans les follicules pilosébacés.

Spanish

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