Eccrine sweat gland
System
Integumentary
SNOMED CT
361699008
Eccrine sweat gland
Definition
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.
Also known as glandula sudorifera eccrina, glandula sudorifera merocrina — per UBERON
The Eccrine sweat gland is a part of the Integumentary.
Also identified as
Associated Diseases
| Disease | Involvement | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Benign eccrine neoplasm | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Digital papillary eccrine carcinoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Eccrine carcinoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Eccrine porocarcinoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Eccrine sweat gland cancer | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Eccrine sweat gland neoplasm | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Syringofibroadenoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Syringoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Vulvar eccrine adenocarcinoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Vulvar eccrine porocarcinoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Vulvar syringoma | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |