sympathetic nervous system is the organ system that controls the eccrine sweat glands.
sympathetic nervous system is the organ system that controls the eccrine sweat glands.
what organ system controls the eccrine sweat glands?
sympathetic nervous system
eccrine glands are innervated by the sympathetic nervous system, primarily by cholinergic fibers whose discharge is altered primarily by changes in deep body temperature (core temperature), but by adrenergic fibers as well. the glands on palms and soles do not respond to temperature but secrete at times of emotional stress.









































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the secretion of eccrine glands is a sterile, dilute electrolyte solution with primary components of bicarbonate, potassium, and sodium chloride (nacl), and other minor components such as glucose, pyruvate, lactate, cytokines, immunoglobulins, antimicrobial peptides (e.g., dermcidin), and many others.
eccrine sweat gland
in humans, the formation of body odors is caused by factors such as diet, gender, health, and medication, but the major contribution comes from bacterial activity on skin gland secretions. humans have three types of sweat glands; eccrine sweat glands, apocrine sweat glands and sebaceous glands. eccrine sweat glands are present from birth, while the two latter become activated during puberty. among the different types of human skin glands, the body odor is primarily the result of the apocrine sweat glands, which secrete the majority of chemical compounds needed for the skin flora to metabolize it into odorant substances. this happens mostly in the axillary (armpit) region, although the gland can also be found in the areola, anogenital region, and around the navel. in humans, the armpit regions seem more important than the genital region for body odor which may be related to human bipedalism. the genital and armpit regions also contain springy hairs which help diffuse body odors.
body odor