## TWELVE FIGURES Numerous sebaceous glands and apocriiie sudoriparous glands open upon the surface of the external auditory meatus of the cat and secrete a yellowish or brown viscous cerumen. Concerning these glands, there is little information, although Teger ('06) and some early authors describ
Tragicus and antitragicus muscles as constrictors of the external auditory meatus
โ Scribed by K. Matsuo; T. Hirose
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 427 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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