sweat duct

Skin's moisture tunnel

A sweat duct is the narrow tube that carries sweat from a sweat gland to the skin's surface.

These ducts spiral through the outer layers of skin, opening at pores where perspiration emerges to cool the body.

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coil · tubule · moisture · droplet · heat · cooling · exertion · fever · sauna · humid · clammy · bead · trickle · armpit · body odor · palm · forehead · salty

Opposites
physiological function

sweat ductsebaceous gland

Organ secreting skin oil

oil gland · tear duct · hair follicle

thermoregulatory mechanism

sweat ductsubcutaneous fat

Lipid layer beneath skin

vasoconstrictor

direction of secretion

sweat ductlacteal

Of or like milk

hair follicle · pore

Family

sweat, duct, sweats, sweated, sweating, sweaty, sweatier, sweatiest, sweatiness

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