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Here we have to find out the difference between.
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So we will study the difference between apocrine and eccrine glands.
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So firstly we will study that our skin is the largest organ of our body that comprises different structures such as glands, blood vessels, hair follicles, nerve endings and three layers of dermis that is epidermis, dermis and hypodermis.
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So gland is an organ, type of an organ that mainly involves the secretion of substances in a fluid medium.
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So these apocrine and eccrine are two types of sweat glands that are present in the deeper layers of the skin.
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The apocrine glands secrete substances indirectly into the external skin while the eccrine glands secrete fluids directly through a duct into the skin surface.
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Now if we discuss about these eccrine and apocrine glands.
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So eccrine glands are considered as major sweat glands in our body and they are highly present in palms and soles.
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So, eccrine glands open to the external skin surface through a sweat pore.
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These glands are also termed as thermoregulatory glands because they involve in the maintenance of homeostasis of temperature within a living system.
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Then there are apocrine glands.
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So, these glands are made up of secretory tubules of the glomerules with an excretory duct that opens externally into the skin next to the hair.
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So, apocrine gland is large and spongy.
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It is located in the subcutaneous layer of the dermis and there found regions of armpits, area in between genitals, eyelids, ears etc...