True about aprocine gland
.Apocrine sweat glands are coiled glands which open into the hair follicles.Dermis--contains collagen fibres, elastic fibres, capillaries, venules, aerioles, lymphatics, nerves, erector pillorum muscle, sweat glands (eccrine, apocrine), sebaceous glands. Merkel cells, Meissner and Pacinian corpuscles are receptors in dermis. Dermis constitutes 95% of the skin. Dermis is 15-40 times thicker than epidermis. ref:SRB&;s manual of surgery,ed 3,pg no 243
Modified sweat gland
Modified sebaceous gland
present in axilla & groin
Hidradenitis suppurativa is infection of apocrine gland
Urology