What is Sweat gland?
{{Infobox anatomy | Name = Sweat gland | Latin = Glandula sudorifera<ref name=th>{{cite book|author=Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology|title=Terminologia histologica: international terms for human cytology and histology|year=2008|publisher=Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|location=Philadelphia|isbn=9780781775373|url=http://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/EntryPage/ViewTH/THh312.html|page=121}}</ref> | Greek = | Image = Human_skin_structure.svg | Caption = A cross-section of the human skin, with the sweat gland labeled at the bottom | Width = | Image2 = | Caption2 = | Precursor = Ectoderm | System = Integumentary | Artery = | Vein = | Nerve = Eccrine: cholinergic sympathetic nerves<br />Apocrine: adrenergic nerves | Lymph = }} '''Sweat glands''', (sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands),<ref name=oxford>{{cite encyclopedia|title=sudoriferous|encyclopedia=The New Oxford American Dictionary|edition=2nd}}</ref> are small tube-like [[glands]] in the [[skin]] that create [[sweat]]. The [[evaporation]] of sweat helps to cool the body down. Also, in many mammals, the sweat contains a slight scent which other animals can notice. ==References== {{reflist}} {{-}} {{stub}} [[Category:Skin]]