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Apocrine Gland (structure)

  • Apocrine Glands are sweat glands which are located in the armpits, anogenital area and the ear canal.
  • The glands are associated with hair follicles and the excretory canals liberate sweat in the hair follicle quite superficially.
  • The sweat is milky and non-odorous. However it becomes “smelly” after a few hours by the action of bacteria.
  • The cells secreting the sweat do so by liberating a part of the cell: this type of secretion is called apocrine secretion.
  • In the ears, ear wax is a specific modified secretion by apocrine glands.
  • Apocrine glands become a problem in people with malodorous sometimes abundant sweat = this is a condition called Bromhidrosis.
  • Note: Mammary Glands secreting milk are also apocrine glands due to the mode of secretion.

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