Loading...
Keywords
Last Name
Institution

Sebaceous Glands

"Sebaceous Glands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
Small, sacculated organs found within the DERMIS. Each gland has a single duct that emerges from a cluster of oval alveoli. Each alveolus consists of a transparent BASEMENT MEMBRANE enclosing epithelial cells. The ducts from most sebaceous glands open into a HAIR FOLLICLE, but some open on the general surface of the SKIN. Sebaceous glands secrete SEBUM.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sebaceous Glands" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sebaceous Glands" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
_