sweat gland

n=2


a: sweat gland ~
b: a spring

What:

"The sweat-gland is like a spring in which water is always bubbling up from streams down under-ground"


Useful?
Writer: William Thayer Smith - 1885
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Where:
Date: Oct 16 2015 4:58 PM



a: sweat gland ~
b: coiled tube

What:

"Each sweat gland is like a tiny, coiled tube. These glands are in the inner layer of the skin, or dermis, and they produce sweat"


Useful?
Writer: Jennifer Kenny
LCC:
Where:
Date: Oct 16 2015 4:57 PM



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