Sudoriferous glands


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(Anat.) small convoluted tubular glands which are situated in the subcutaneous tissues and discharge by minute orifices in the surface of the skin; the sweat glands.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Essentially, impaired release of chloride into the extracellular fluids results in the dehydration of surrounding respiratory and intestinal mucosal linings, and impaired sodium reabsorption of the sudoriferous glands. Mucosal dehydration, coupled with inflammatory and infective byproducts, create thick, tenacious mucus that clogs and damages airways.
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This would also explain the large number of APS samples (25%) that contained stratified squamous keratinized epithelium--the histologic characteristics of which are similar to those of the skin, despite the absence of sudoriferous glands, hair, and hair-erecting muscles and the presence of serous glands (figure 8).
Structural and ultrastructural study of the anterior portion of the nasal septum and inferior nasal concha

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