sweat glands
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Eccrine sweat glands perform a critical function: cooling the body via evaporation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
The hospital nurse told police that children 2 and older are better able to regulate internal body temperature than babies, who do not have fully developed sweat glands, according to the police report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
The researchers discovered that this particular secretoglobin is produced primarily by cells in the sweat glands.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2024
With tiny blood vessels, sweat glands, and hairs, skin also acts as a thermostat, ready to release heat or conserve it to regulate body temperature.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 7, 2024
They hooked each gambler up to a machine that measured the activity of the sweat glands below the skin in the palms of their hands.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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