12.2.2 POJA-L2597+2983+2984+2598
Title: External auditory meatus in the external ear
Description:
(A): Lining of auditory canal, stain Azan, human. Lumen of external auditory meatus, with hair follicles, tragi without arrector pili
muscles (1), sebaceous glands (2) and ceruminous glands (3). Note the dense connective tissue (blue).
(B,C): Detail of lining of auditory canal, stain Azan, human. Hair follicle with sebaceous gland (2).
(D, 3):Detail of ceruminous gland (tubular coiled modified apocrine gland).
Cerumen is a waxy brown substance composed of desquamated epidermal cells and secretions of the sebaceous
as well as the ceruminous glands.
It protects the external ear from drying-up and from exogenous agents (a.o. insects).
Keywords/Mesh: external ear, external acoustic meatus, auditory meatus, ceruminous gland, cerumen, histology, POJA collection
Title: External auditory meatus in the external ear
Description:
(A): Lining of auditory canal, stain Azan, human. Lumen of external auditory meatus, with hair follicles, tragi without arrector pili
muscles (1), sebaceous glands (2) and ceruminous glands (3). Note the dense connective tissue (blue).
(B,C): Detail of lining of auditory canal, stain Azan, human. Hair follicle with sebaceous gland (2).
(D, 3):Detail of ceruminous gland (tubular coiled modified apocrine gland).
Cerumen is a waxy brown substance composed of desquamated epidermal cells and secretions of the sebaceous
as well as the ceruminous glands.
It protects the external ear from drying-up and from exogenous agents (a.o. insects).
Keywords/Mesh: external ear, external acoustic meatus, auditory meatus, ceruminous gland, cerumen, histology, POJA collection