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OCR: SWEAT GLAND WEAT GLANDS are tiny structures found deep W ithin your skin You have about three million sweat glands spread over most of your body. Each sweat gland is made up ofa coiled tube that produces the sW reat (consisting mainly ot water, salt, and waste products). Sweat travels from the gland up narrow passage that opens onto the skin, Sweat released when the body hot; as the sweat evapora tes the body cools Swea ting important because it allows your body to lose heat and maintain an even temp perature tinv open temperature