UNSW Embryology

Integumentary Development - Glands

© Dr Mark Hill (2008)

Acknowledgements

Introduction

• 2 main types
• sebaceous and sweat
  • form as ingrowth of ectoderm into mesoderm
• sebaceous
  • associated with hair development
  • except plans penis and labia minora
  • these glands secrete vernix
• sweat glands
  • mostly eccrine some apocrine
  • apocrine in axilla, pubic and nipple regions
• see also mammary gland development

See also mammary glands

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