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The cutaneous adnexal structures include the pilosebaceous apocrine unit and the eccrine unit. Apocrine glands and sebaceous glands secrete their products into the hair follicle through short ducts. The sebaceous glands are often seen in association with hair follicles; apocrine glands are more inconspicuous. The smooth muscle arrector pili connects the pilosebaceous apparatus to the epidermis, contraction of the arrector pili produces goose bumps. The eccrine unit is distinct and separate from the pilosebaceous apocrine unit. The glands lay deep in the dermis, coiled like a garden hose, and are connected to the epidermis by a long straight eccrine duct. The coiled exit of the eccrine duct through the epidermis is termed the acrosyringium
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Masterpol, K.S., Primiani, A., Duncan, L.M. (2013). Adnexal Anatomy. In: Atlas of Essential Dermatopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4471-7_2
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