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| Where does the bad odor in sweat come from? |
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| Bacterial growth and activity |
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| Where do the ducts of eccrine sweat glands terminate? |
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| How does sweating regulate body temperature? |
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| What bodily function other than urinating, helps to eliminate waste such as urea? |
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| What part of the skin is the secretary portion of the eccrine sweat gland located? |
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| What areas are the apocrine sweat glands found? |
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- axillae
- pubis
- nipple areolae
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| Where is the secretary portion of the apocrine sweat gland located? |
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| Where does the duct of the apocrine sweat gland terminate? |
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True or False
Secretions from the apocrine sweat glands are more viscous than those of the eccrine sweat glands. |
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What are the accesory structures of the skin?
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- hair
- oil glands
- sweat glands
- nails
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| What is the smell of bacteria growing on the body? Also known as body odor. |
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| What are two other terms for body odor other than bromhidrosis? |
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| Where on the body do we produce body odor? |
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| Anywhere that is moist for a period of time, so bacteria can grow. |
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True or false
A person's body odor is specific to the person and can be used for personal identification. |
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| What can influence body odor? |
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- diet
- gender
- genetics
- health
- medication
- mood
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| What molecules are individually characteristic, play an important role in the immune system, and largely influences body odor? |
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| Major Histocompatability Complex(MHC) |
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| What type of body odor do we tend to think of the most? |
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| Which microorganism is normally present in skin microflora and transforms compounds in sweat into compounds with an unpleasant odor. |
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| What gives cheeses, like limburger their characteristic pungency? |
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| The silk moth is known by this name. |
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| How does the male silk moth find the female? |
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| He is able to detect her pheromones with his antennae. |
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| Where is an insect's nose? |
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| Airborn molecules produced by a species and aimed as messengers at other members of the species to induce behavioral or physiological changes. |
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| What was the first pheromone to be characterized chemically? |
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| What pheromone do female silk worms release? |
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| What is the chemical makeup of bombykol? |
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| A chain of carbons with a hydroxyl tail. |
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| Who discover bombykol and when? |
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| What did libertine men do to excite women? |
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| They placed their handkerchief under the armpit, then placed it in their sleeve. When in the prescence of a woman, they would remove it and wave it around in front of the woman. |
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| Pheromone found in men, has a musky smell. |
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| What is an example of females detecting female cues? |
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| What is an example of females detecting male cues? |
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| Women sniffing androstadienone, a male hormone, had marked increase in the hormone cortisol. |
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| What is an example of males detecting female cues? |
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| Female exotic dancers make almost double in tips during their menstrual cycle. |
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| What organ perceives human pheremones? |
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| Also known as the Jacobson's organ. |
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| Where is the vomeronasal organ located? |
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| What type of odor does the vomeronasal organ detect? |
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| The size of a person's _____determines how well they smell, irrespective of the size of their nasal cavity. |
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