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The Sebaceous Glands

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Pharmacology of the Skin I

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 87 / 1))

Abstract

The sebaceous glands are lipid-secreting glands found in the dermis of mammals. Most are associated with hair follicles as pilosebaceous glands found on most of the body surface:in man they are largest and most numerous on the face, forehead, scalp and front and back of the upper chest. The free sebaceous glands are not associated with hairs and occur in the transitional zones between the skin and mucous membranes. They are particularly prevalent in the anogenital and periareolar skin and the buccal mucosal membranes, where they increase in size with age. In some mammals free sebaceous glands have become highly specialised and are concerned with the secretion of pheromones, e.g. the preputial glands of rodents, the ventral glands of the gerbil, the costovertebral glands of hamsters and the large brachial glands of lemurs.

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  1. The Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7EH, London, Great Britain

    Malcolm W. Greaves M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.

  2. Department of Dermatology, The Royal Victoria Infirmary, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain

    Sam Shuster M.D., F.R.C.P.

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Thody, A.J., Shuster, S. (1989). The Sebaceous Glands. In: Greaves, M.W., Shuster, S. (eds) Pharmacology of the Skin I. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 87 / 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73797-8_14

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