External ear: auricle

Thin skin covering the external meatus possesses small dermal papillae and epithelial pegs to anchor the epidermis with the dermis. The sebaceous glands are large. Additionally, ceruminous glands, specialized coiled, tubular, apocrine sweat glands, secret cerumen, a waxy secretion. Skeletal muscle is also present. Elastic cartilage and the temporal bone form the support for the auricle. 40x

Thin skin covering the external meatus possesses small dermal papillae and epithelial pegs to anchor the epidermis with the dermis. The sebaceous glands are large. Additionally, ceruminous glands, specialized coiled, tubular, apocrine sweat glands, secret cerumen, a waxy secretion. Skeletal muscle is also present. Elastic cartilage and the temporal bone form the support for the auricle. 40x

Thin skin covering the external meatus possesses small dermal papillae and epithelial pegs to anchor the epidermis with the dermis. The sebaceous glands are large. Additionally, ceruminous glands, specialized coiled, tubular, apocrine sweat glands, secret cerumen, a waxy secretion. Skeletal muscle is also present. Elastic cartilage and the temporal bone form the support for the auricle. 40x

Thin skin covering the external meatus possesses small dermal papillae and epithelial pegs to anchor the epidermis with the dermis. The sebaceous glands are large. Additionally, ceruminous glands, specialized coiled, tubular, apocrine sweat glands, secret cerumen, a waxy secretion. Skeletal muscle is also present. Elastic cartilage and the temporal bone form the support for the auricle. 40x

Thin skin covering the external meatus possesses small dermal papillae and epithelial pegs to anchor the epidermis with the dermis. The sebaceous glands are large. Additionally, ceruminous glands, specialized coiled, tubular, apocrine sweat glands, secret cerumen, a waxy secretion. Skeletal muscle is also present. Elastic cartilage and the temporal bone form the support for the auricle. 40x

Thin skin covering the external meatus possesses small dermal papillae and epithelial pegs to anchor the epidermis with the dermis. The sebaceous glands are large. Additionally, ceruminous glands, specialized coiled, tubular, apocrine sweat glands, secret cerumen, a waxy secretion. Skeletal muscle is also present. Elastic cartilage and the temporal bone form the support for the auricle. 40x

Ceruminous glands are modified coiled tubular (apocrine) sweat glands that open onto the skin surface directly or into the hair follicles, as do the sebaceous glands. Secretions from both ceruminous and sebaceous glands create a golden-brown waxy material, called cerumen that, presumably, is offensive to insects.