sweat gland
汗腺
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Anatomy.
- : one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
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To compensate, they have more sweat glands overall—which, interestingly, may be why studies have found that women have “a more even whole-body distribution of sweat than males during exercise.”
Women tend to have smaller, less sensitive sweat glands with a lower maximal output than men’s glands.
Meanwhile the salty stuff that flows when we exercise or are overheated emerges from a different, more abundant, kind of sweat gland—the eccrine gland.
Sadly, my wife and kids are not as enthusiastic about my shirtless lifestyle, so I’m constantly searching for workout tops that can handle the dual punch of my aggressive sweat glands and the jungle-like ecosystem I call home.
For nearly her entire life Beyoncé has been giving us her blood, sweat, and tears in her career.
And how much do you need to sweat to stave off the disease that kills 500,000 people every year?
He wipes beads of sweat from his brow, and extends his hand out towards the crowd.
Sweat poured from underneath his helmet and down the thin points of his sandy blond hair.
I tried to relax too, but I felt my stomach tighten and I began to sweat.
A mist came before his eyes, the cold sweat stood upon his ashy face, his limbs failed him, and he sunk upon his knees.
These cigars rarely "char" in burning; certainly not, if made of good quality of tobacco and thoroughly sweat.
The sweat of death was already on his brow as he reeled sideways, plunging blindly across the uneven tufts of grass.
After harvesting, the plants cure rapidly and on account of their small size rarely sweat.