Not all sweat is the same! Apocrine sweat glands, found in places like your armpits, make a thicker kind of sweat.
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Apocrine sweat glands live mainly in your armpits and a few other spots. They are bigger than ordinary sweat glands.
They empty into the little pit a hair grows out of, not straight onto the skin.
Their cells line a wide tube. They are tall cells with a rounded top that bulges into the middle of the tube.
When someone grows up, these glands start working. Their sweat is a bit thicker and has fats and proteins in it.
They work most when you feel nervous or excited, not just when you're hot.
Fresh sweat has no smell at all! Body odor happens when bacteria living on your skin break down this thicker sweat.
Press Make sweat on the 3D model and watch the sweat go into the hair's pit.
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