eccrine sweat gland
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000423
A merocrine, unbranched, unbranched, coiled, tubular gland sweat gland. In humans, distributed over almost all of the body surface, and promote cooling by evaporation of their secretion. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccrine_sweat_gland ]
Synonyms: glandula sudorifera eccrina, glandula sudorifera merocrina
Term info
- GAID:945
- MESH:D004439
- NCIT:C32490
- FMA:59154
- BTO:0002323
- Wikipedia:Eccrine_sweat_gland
- SCTID:361699008
- MA:0003039
- UMLS:C0013492 (ncithesaurus:Eccrine_Sweat_Gland)
pheno_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas
in mice, found only on footpads; in humans, entire body including soles and palms
merocrine sweat gland, eccrine gland
uberon
UBERON:0000423
Eccrine sweat gland
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606