Understanding Skin Glands

What are the two main types of glands found in the skin?

• Mammary glands and sebaceous oil glands

• Eccrine glands and apocrine glands

• Ceruminous glands and ciliary glands

• Sweat glands and sebaceous oil glands

Where are eccrine glands most concentrated?

• Palms, soles of the feet, and head

• Armpits and anogenital region

• Eyelids and external ear canal

• Breast and pubic regions

What is the primary function of eccrine glands?

• Produce earwax

• Secrete a milky substance

• Lubricate the skin and hair

• Help cool the skin

How do apocrine glands differ from eccrine glands in terms of activation?

• Eccrine glands activate in the anogenital region

• Apocrine glands activate at birth

• Eccrine glands activate during puberty

• Apocrine glands activate during puberty

What substance do ceruminous glands help produce?

• Earwax

• Milk

• Sebum

• Sweat

Where are ciliary glands located?

• On the palms

• In the anogenital region

• Along the eyelid

• In the armpits

What is the role of mammary glands?

• Secrete sweat

• Secrete sebum

• Secrete milk

• Secrete earwax

What type of secretion process do sweat glands use?

• Holocrine secretion

• Merocrine secretion

• Endocrine secretion

• Apocrine secretion

What is the function of sebum produced by sebaceous glands?

• Secrete milk

• Produce earwax

• Lubricate the skin and hair

• Cool the skin

When do sebaceous glands become active?

• At birth

• During puberty

• During pregnancy

• In old age