SEBACEOUS AND CUTANEOUS GLANDULJE 



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but a short account of the structure and development of the other cutaneous 

 glandulse will here be given, as further elucidating the nature of the glands in 

 general, and as connected with the special functions of the Skin. 



238. The Sebaceous glandulse are for the most part found in connection with 

 the Hair-follicles, and pour their secretion into the hair-canals near their orifices 

 (Fig. 32). They are usually composed of clusters of secreting sacculi, lined 



Fig. 82. 



Sebaceous Glands, showing their size and relation to the hair-follicles : A and B from the nose; c from the 

 beard. In the latter, the cutis sends down an investment of the hair follicles. Magn. 18 diam. 



A Fig. 33. 



Cutaneous Glandulao of external meatus auditorius: A, section of the Cutis, magnified three diameters; 2. 2. 

 hairs ; 3. 3. superficial sebaceous glands ; 1. 1. larger and deeper-seated glands, by which the cerumen is secreted, 

 u, a Lair, perforating the epidermis at 3. ; 1. 1. sebaceous glands, with their excretory ducts 2. 2. ; 4. base of 

 the hair, in its double follicle 5. 5. c, cerumen-gland, formed by the contorted tube, 1.1. of the excretory 

 duct, 2 ; 4, vascular truuk and ramifications. The last two figures highly magnified. 



