Intro | Free Nerve Endings | Meissner's Corpuscle | Merkel's Disks | Pacinian Corpuscle | Ruffini Corpuscles | Subcutaneus Fat | Sweat Gland
Part 1: Image-Mapped Tutorial
Part 2: Matching Self-Test
Part 3: Multiple-Choice Self-Test
The Sweat Gland collects waste matter, water, and salt from the blood, and conveys this material to the surface of the skin via ducts where it is deposited as sweat. This process of perspiration helps to regulate body temperature as the temperature is reduced when sweat evaporates.