Sweat glands excrete metabolic waste products. Which option lists the correct descriptor?

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Sweat glands are the structures that excrete sweat, which carries metabolic waste products like urea and ammonia. This helps remove some waste from the body and also aids in cooling. Sebaceous glands produce sebum (oil) to lubricate the skin, not waste, while hair follicles are the hair-producing structures and aren’t glands themselves. Oil glands is just another name for sebaceous glands. So the descriptor that fits the statement about excreting metabolic wastes is sweat glands.