You discover a new type of gland associated with the skin. chemical analysis of the product shows a secretion has a ph of 4, consists of 99% water, and contains traces of normal electrolytes including urea, vitamin c, and dermicidin. there are no traces of fats or proteins. how would you classify this new gland?

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Lilliana Sexton

11 August, 07:14

You discover a new type of gland associated with the skin. chemical analysis of the product shows a secretion has a ph of 4, consists of 99% water, and contains traces of normal electrolytes including urea, vitamin c, and dermicidin. there are no traces of fats or proteins. how would you classify this new gland?

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Morgan · Answer 1

This new gland would most likely be an eccrine gland, meaning it would be a sweat gland. They are found all over the body and can also be called merocrine glands.

Rory Harmon · Answer 2

This new gland would most likely be an eccrine gland, meaning it would be a sweat gland.

They are found all over the body and can also be called merocrine glands.

Explanation:

The 2 main forms of sweat glands are eccrine sweat glands and apocrine sweat glands.

Eccrine sweat glands are smaller sweat glands. they're volute cannular glands that discharge their secretions onto the surface of the skin sweat gland.

any of the rather tiny secreter that manufactures a fluid secretion while not removing protoplasm from the secreting cells which are restricted to the human skin is called eccrine sweat gland.