5. Integumentary System

Fill in the blanks: Sebaceous glands secrete by____ secretion; sweat glands secrete by____ secretion.

Match each type of gland with its correct properties.     

____Eccrine sweat gland     

____Sebaceous gland     

____Ceruminous gland     

____Mammary gland     

____Apocrine sweat gland

a. Branched gland that secretes sebum into a hair follicle

b. Gland that secretes a protein-rich sweat into a hair follicle

c. Simple coiled tubular gland found over most of the body that secretes sweat through a sweat pore

d. Gland that secretes ear wax

e. Modified sweat gland that produces milk

How do sweat and sebum differ?

What would happen to the skin if the oil produced by sebaceous glands was instead a polar covalent compound?