Sweat glands

Sweat glands are spread out all across the body in varying concentrations that are designed to produce perspiration.

The main function of sweat gallons is to produce sweat which plays a vital role in maintaining body temperature: the evaporation of water from sweat aids in dissipating heat from the skin surface.

Each gland has a tube for secreting sweat and a narrow passage that carries sweat to the skin’s surface. There are around 2.6 millions sweat glands over an average human body, so they can quickly coat the skin in a film of water when the body gets too hot.

Certain conditions such as exercise can lead to the generation of heat stress that has to be controlled by the secretion of sweat.

The absence of sweat or the poor secretion of seta can result in dangerously high levels of body heat leading to strike or even death.
Sweat glands

Sweating

Sweating is the body’s way of keeping its internal temperature at a constant 98.6°. When the body’s temperature rises, the body’s sweat glands are stimulated to start producing water to cool off the body.

During exercise, an increase in body temperature as a result of metabolic heat production is the primary stimulus for sweating. Normally, sweating is initiated as a specific core temperature and continues in proportion to increase in core temperature.

There are around 2.6 million sweat glands over an average human body, so they can quickly coat the skin in a film of water when the body gets too hot. This water is heated by the heat energy in human bodies and as it evaporates heat is lost to the air.

People working in a hot, dry environment, as much as 2,000 mL/h of water may be produced by eccrine sweat glands and lost by evaporation.
Sweating