Some Interesting and Real Facts of Human Body Perspiration / Sweating Perspiration, commonly known as Sweating, helps in the regulation of body temperature and protects it from heat stroke or heat exhaustion. It is a process in which the salt-based fluid gets released from the sweat glands. Sweat gland also known as sudoriferous glands. There are two types of sweat glands in the body that is eccrine and apocrine glands. Eccrine glands are controlled by a sympathetic nervous system and