And when your body gets the cool down directive, then your sweat glands source sweat from that interstitial fluid. So literally anything that's in your blood that's small can percolate out.

We focused on the fact that human eccrine sweat gland myoepithelial cells cultured in an environment similar to that in vivo form a spherical structure covered with myoepithelial cells. Direct ...

More specifically, “Odor is caused by the bacteria breaking down the components of sweat and producing that characteristic ...

The eccrine glands mobilize the water and electrolytes inside cells to produce sweat. Humans have more eccrine sweat glands than any other primate.

Humans have a uniquely high density of sweat glands embedded in their skin -- 10 times the density of chimpanzees and macaques. Now, researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered how this ...

Humans have up to four million sweat glands distributed over the body. Approximately three million of these are eccrine sweat glands. Eccrine glands secrete an odorless, clear fluid that serves to ...

Apocrine glands in hairy areas like the armpits and groin become active during puberty, secreting a thicker, protein-rich sweat that bacteria convert into that embarrassing aroma.

HIBBS1 has demonstrated the existence of intercellular canaliculi in human eccrine sweat glands by electron microscopy and found them to be situated in the coiled secretory portion of the glands ...

The human body may be equipped with a separate sensory system aside from the nerves that gives us the ability to touch and feel, according to a new study. Most of us have millions of different ...

While it can be embarrassing, smelly shoes are a problem many people struggle with. The human feet contain about 250,000 sweat glands—more per square inch than anywhere else on your body—and produce ...