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Normal Sweat Glands
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Normal Sweat Glands

Multiple sections of the ampullary region of the normal sweat gland.
The eccrine sweat gland is composed of numerous acinar structures with a large central lumen.
These are multiple cuts across a single, convoluted stucture.
(Description By:T.V. Rajan, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by:T.V. Rajan, M.D. UCHC )
Normal (eccrine) sweat gland
Etiology

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Pathogenesis

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Epidemiology

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General Gross Description

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General Microscopic Description

Eccrine sweat glands are distributed over the entire body.
They are composed of a long duct and a coiled secretory portion in the deep dermis or subdermis.
The secretory portion has two kinds of cells, dark cells and light cells.
The precise nature of these two cells has not been completely worked out.
The duct is lined by two layers of cuboidal cells and traverses the epidermis to empty on to the surface of the skin.
Clinical Correlation

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References
Bloom and Fawcett: A textbook of Histology. 12th Edition. New York: Chapman & Hall. 1994. pp 548
Normal (eccrine) sweat gland
Synopsis by: T.V.Rajan, M.D., Ph.D. (T01330M00100)[570]
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