A specialized sudoriferous gland (sweat glands) located subcutaneously in the external auditory canal. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceruminous_glands ]
Synonyms: cerumen-secreting gland earwax gland ceruminous sweat gland ceruminous gland
Term information
- Wikipedia:Ceruminous_glands
- UMLS:C0229352 (ncithesaurus:Ceruminous_Gland)
- SCTID:368648008
- NCIT:C32294
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Ceruminous glands are simple, coiled, tubular glands made up of an inner secretory layer of cells and an outer myoepithelial layer of cells. The glands drain into larger ducts, which then drain into the guard hairs that reside in the external auditory canal. Here they produce cerumen, or earwax, by mixing their secretion with sebum and dead epidermal cells
Term relations
- apocrine sweat gland
- part of some external ear
- produces some cerumen
- located in some external acoustic meatus