A Patient Is Experiencing a Problem with the Eccrine Sweat

question 20

Multiple Choice

A patient is experiencing a problem with the eccrine sweat glands. Because of this structural problem, the nurse realizes that which function will be affected in this patient?

• A) regulation of body temperature
• B) regulation of body heat by excretion of perspiration
• C) sebum secretion
• D) sexual scent gland

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Definitions:

Collectivists

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Individualists

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