What substance is secreted by sebacious glands ?
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The sebaceous glands are holocrine glands that produce sebum, a semiliquid mixture of glandular cell debris containing glycerides, free fatty acids, wax esters, squalene, cholesterol, and cholesterol esters.
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- sebaceous glands are holocrine glands that produce sebum, a semiliquid mixture of glandular cell debris containing glycerides, free fatty acids, wax esters, squalene, cholesterol, and cholesterol esters.
- Sebaceous glands are present everywhere on the human skin except for the palms, soles, and dorsa of the feet.
- Generally, they are associated with hair follicles and empty through a short duct
- into the canal of the hair follicle.1 The sebaceous glands are holocrine glands that produce sebum,
- a semiliquid mixture of glandular cell debris containing glycerides, free fatty acids, wax esters
- , squalene, cholesterol, and cholesterol esters. The largest and most numerous sebaceous glands are found on the face, scalp, chest, and back.
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