Sentences with phrase «by glands beneath»
The bumps are called Montgomery tubercles; they secrete oil (produced by glands beneath the skin) that helps lubricate the areola and nipple during pregnancy and lactation.
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A hormone produced by the gland located beneath the larynx regulates, among other things, body temperature, metabolism and heart rate.
Restoring Thymic Function for Immune Support and Life Extension By Ward Dean, MD and Jim English The key to a healthy, functioning immune system rests largely with the thymus gland, a small organ lying just beneath the breast - bone (Fig. 1).