Talk:Eccrine sweat gland

Links to Sweat Gland Article

I've been looking at this article, Apocrine sweat gland and Sweat gland and there seems to be a lot of overlap. In fact, because Sweat gland is basically just a summary of what the other two should contain, I'm not sure this article and Apocrine sweat gland may even be needed. Its just confusing to look for information on Apocrine or Eccrine glands, then find these stubs, when Sweat gland has the information. Thoughts? Lactomar (talk) 06:20, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

I think eventually the apocrine and eccrine glands should be their own articles, with the sweat gland article simply giving some introductory information on them and then linking over to the main apocrine or eccrine articles. I have not done this myself, as I have been working on some other things, but perhaps you could tackle this project? kilbad (talk) 12:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

False information

"They're under parasympathetic cholinergic control....there's no such thing as sympathetic cholinergic." This article NEEDS a rewrite! Kilbad (talk) 01:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Article rewrite

I have rewritten this article due to (1) no citations and (2) presence of inaccurate and, at times, frankly false information. I hope I have not stepped on any toes here, and would appreciate help with this article. I just ask that you cite your sources. Thanks! Kilbad (talk) 23:01, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

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Human sweat gland question

Not sure what this sentence is supposed to mean:

"They reach their peak of development in humans, where they may number 200–400/cm² of skin surface"

Does this mean that humans have a greater sweat gland concentration than any other species, or that humans have fully-developed sweat glands (implying that they don't develop fully in some other species)? Myoglobin (talk) 00:59, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Change title to just Eccrine gland

Eccrine glands in most animals aid skin friction that is why they are most dense on our palms. Sweating is a function that has evolved from this. It is human-centric to link them to sweat. In the scientific literature they are called plain "eccrine glands". The article title name should reflect this. LittleHow (talk) 05:53, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Having spent a day reading eccrine articles I withdraw my comment. LittleHow (talk) 17:40, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

No information on the role eccrine glands play in non-human animals

The article's only mention of eccrine glands of any kind in non-human animals is to state that they are relatively sparse in most non-primates and that they primarily occur in hairless/furless areas. There is nothing on their functionality in non-human animals, not even non-human primates. Now, if there was a separate article on eccrine glands as a whole, this might not be an issue, since from what I can tell eccrine sweat glands are fairly unique to humans (though I am not familiar with the functionality of eccrine glands in non-human primates). But such an article does not exist; there was previously a link to "Eccrine glands" on this page, but it was recursive, only leading straight back to this page. And, at least going off of the comment above this one, such a page may be warranted. As it is, the article on sweat glands as a whole is more informative on the functionality of eccrine glands in non-human animals than this article is, as that article at least mentions that the eccrine glands on the feet of many mammals serve to improve friction and grip.RedKnight7146 (talk) 14:04, 8 November 2024 (UTC)