NOTES ON THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE HUMAN SWEAT GLANDS

Abstract

The vertical distribution of the sweat glands has been measured on 33 representative regions of the skin of a corpse. The distance from the skin surface to the lower end of glomerulus of the longest gland varies from 2.4 to 3.1 mm. in the large number of the regions. It is generally the greater, the greater the thickness of the skin. The distance from the skin surface to the upper end of glomerulus of the shortest gland is from 0.5 to 1.2 mm. in most of the regions (table 1).
The thickness of the tissue layer, which contains all the sweat-gland glomeruli in each region, has been calculated from the above data. It is from 1.4 to 2.4 mm. in most of the regions (table 2).
The total volume of the tissue containing sweat-gland glomeruli was estimated to be approximately 3, 200 cc.(table 3).