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This is incorrect. Holocrine is a term used to classify the mode of secretion in exocrine glands which involves plasma membrane rupture. Examples of holocrine glands are glands that include sebaceous glands of the skin and meibomian glands of the eyelid.
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e
Holocrine glands
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This is incorrect. Whilst apocrine glands also produce sweat, they open into hair follicles and hence develop in areas where there are many hair follicles such as the scalp, armpits and groin. This patient had sweat in the palms of her hands where eccrine glands would predominate.
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b
Apocrine glands
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This is correct. The eccrine glands are found over most of the body and play a role in maintaining homeostasis which involves secreting sweat to maintain the body temperature.
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a
Eccrine glands
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This is incorrect. Endocrine glands are responsible for releasing hormones, not sweat.
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c
Endocrine glands
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This is incorrect. Sebaceous glands are responsible for producing and secreting sebum which contains olis, wax and cholesterol to lubricate and protect the skin against friction and provide moisture.
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d
Sebaceous glands
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Glands in the skin
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Dermatology
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A 12-year-old girl presents to the GP worried about her excessive sweating. The sweat is mostly apparent in the palms of her hands and has no odour.

Which gland is responsible for secreting this sweat?
a