SKIN

THE LAYERS.

• Skin has three main layers: The epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, provides a waterproof barrier and creates our skin tone. The dermis, beneath the epidermis, contains tough connective tissue, hair follicles, and sweat glands. The deeper subcutaneous tissue (hypodermis) is made of fat and connective tissue.

HOW YOUR SKIN PROTECTS YOU.

SWEAT GLANDS.

• a small gland that secretes sweat, situated in the dermis of the skin. Such glands are found over most of the body, and have a simple coiled tubular structure.
• Sweat gland, either of two types of secretory skin glands occurring only in mammals. The eccrine sweat gland, which is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, regulates body temperature. ... Apocrine sweat glands, which are usually associated with hair follicles, continuously ...
• Sweat gland, either of two types of secretory skin glands occurring only in mammals. The eccrine sweat gland, which is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, regulates body temperature. ... Apocrine sweat glands, which are usually associated with hair follicles, continuously ...
• Sweat is produced by sweat glands in the body, which produce a watery fluid and fluid containing substances such as ...

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