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The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) is downloaded weekly from http://compbio.charite.de/hudson/job/hpo/lastStableBuild/artifact/ontology/release/hp.obo. The file downloaded is considered the "last stable build" available for the ontology. For more about the HPO, view their website at http://www.human-phenotype-ontology.org/.

Term:Ecrrine sweat gland predominance
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Accession:HP:6000537 term browser browse the term
Definition:Applies to an abnormality of the skin that is located in or surrounding eccrine sweat glands.
Comment:Eccrine sweat glands are simple, coiled, tubular glands present throughout the body, most numerously on the soles of the feet. Eccrine sweat glands serve a thermoregulatory function via evaporative heat loss. When the internal temperature of the body rises, sweat glands release water to the skin surface. There, it quickly evaporates, subsequently cooling the skin and blood beneath.; this is the most effective means of thermoregulation in humans. Eccrine sweat glands also participate in ion and nitrogenous waste excretion.



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