abnormal autopod morphology abnormal sweat gland morphology abnormal eccrine gland morphology abnormal palmar sweat glands any structural anomaly of the coiled tubular glands situated on the digits and footpads of the paws of rodents, and both in the histologically thick skin of the palmar and plantar surfaces and in the thin skin that covers most of the rest of the body in humans; in mice these are the only sweat glands present MP:0000675 abnormal palmar sweat gland morphology abnormal palmar eccrine glands MPheno.ontology abnormal palmar eccrine gland morphology palmar eccrine gland dysplasia The palmar and plantar eccrine glands of rodents are thought to provide enhanced tactile sensitivity rather than serving the thermoregulatory role ascribed to eccrine glands of the thin skin in humans.