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loading...| Preferred Name |
cerumen |
| Synonyms |
earwax ear wax |
| Definitions |
The yellow or brown waxy secretions produced by vestigial apocrine sweat glands in the external ear canal[MESH]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002297 |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0740486 FMA:79869 GAID:1158 NCIT:C32293 MA:0002506 MESH:D002571 ENVO:02000028 |
| definition |
The yellow or brown waxy secretions produced by vestigial apocrine sweat glands in the external ear canal[MESH]. |
| function_notes |
Cerumen keeps the eardrum pliable, lubricates and cleans the external auditory canal, waterproofs the canal, kills bacteria, and serves as a barrier to trap foreign particles (dust, fungal spores, etc.) by coating the guard hairs of the ear, making them sticky. |
| has_exact_synonym |
earwax ear wax |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_relational_adjective |
cerumenal cerumenous |
| id |
UBERON:0002297 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
cerumen |
| located_in | |
| notation |
UBERON:0002297 |
| prefLabel |
cerumen |
| produced_by | |
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