Eccrine glands occur over most of your body and open directly onto the surface of your skin. Apocrine glands open into the hair follicle, leading to the surface of the skin. Apocrine glands develop in areas abundant in hair follicles, such as on your scalp, armpits and groin.

What do eccrine and apocrine glands secrete?

Eccrine sweat glands are abundantly distributed all over the skin and mainly secrete water and electrolytes through the surface of the skin. ... In 1987, however, apoeccrine glands were identified in areas of apocrine glands but secreted watery fluids similar to eccrine glands [194].

How is apocrine different from eccrine?

Eccrine glands are sweat glands of the body and are widely distributed all over the body. Apocrine glands secrete substances by emptying them into a hair follicle while eccrine glands discharge directly through a duct onto the skin surface.