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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

9. Skin

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9.15 Sweat gland

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Section of a sweat gland of the eccrine type.

This field shows the terminal coiled extremity of a gland.

The ducts (arrows) are composed of two layers of well-stained cells around a narrow lumen.

The secretory portion of the gland is composed mainly of pale stained cells (*).

There are also contractile myoepithelial cells located between the secretory cells and the basement membrane (arrowheads).

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×900

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