When removing this patient’s cerumen, there are two factors that influence my decision to use suction as my method of removal. First of all, his cerumen is soft and near the entrance of the canal, which is ide
Cerumen, commonly known as ear wax, is a substance produced by the ear glands, which protects the skin from the external ear canal from water damage, trauma, foreign bodies, infections, etc.
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook cerumen Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to cerumen:tinnitus ce·ru·men (sə-ro͞o′mən) n. Seeearwax. [New Latin, from Latincēra,wax; seecerate.] ...
the inner end of which is closed by thetympanic membrane, commonly called the eardrum. The function of the outer ear is to collect sound waves and guide them to the tympanic membrane. The middle ear is a narrow air-filled cavity in thetemporalbone. It is spanned by a chain of three ti...