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Why don't most mammals have sweat glands distributed over their skin surface?
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∙ 11y ago
Because most land mammals need to conserve their water. Sweating is used for cooling off and most animals have alernative ways to do that.
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What sweat glands are widely distributed across the body surface?
No, you do not have sweat glands on several parts of your body, such as the lips.
Did dinosaurs have sweat glands?
Only mammals have sweat glands. Dinosaurs were reptiles, so they did not have sweat glands.
In all mammals mammary glands are modified sweat or sebaceous glands?
sweat glands all do
How do sweat glands contribute to temperature regulation in mammals?
Some mammals do not sweat. For mammals that do sweat, evaporation of the sweat is how cooling works.
How are sweat and tear glands different from endocrine glands?
Their output goes to the blood (to be distributed throughout the body).
Are sweat glands distributed evenly through the body?
No
Do cats have sweat glands?
Mice do not have sweat glands, so no they do not sweat. They cool off by dilating the blood vessels in their tail and ears and slow metabolism.
What is milk glands?
Mammary glands are modified sweat glands and are the distinctive feature in mammals.
What glands do mammals have that produce to cool them off when their bodies are hot?
Some mammals have sweat glands, but not all. Most furbearing animals, like dogs and cats, have no sweat glands; the fur would keep the sweat from evaporating and defeat the purpose of having them. Animals with no sweat glands cool off by panting.
What animals have sweat glands?
Aside from humans, several others animals are able to sweat. These animals include horses and other primates like apes and monkeys.
What body areas have the highest density of sweat glands?
Sweat glands are distributed over the entire skin surface except the nipples and parts of the external genitalia. There are up to 3 million of them per person. There are two types of sweat grands: eccrine and apocrine.Eccrine sweat glands, also called merocrine sweat glands, are far more numerous and are particularly abundant on the palms, soles of the feet, and forehead.Apocrine sweat glands, approximately 2000 of them are largely confined to the axillary and anogenital areas.
What glands remove water and salts from the skins surface?
sweat glands
