Ceruminous glands are present in the

Anatomically, the ear can be divided into three major sections called the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear consists of the pinna and external auditory meatus (canal). There are very fine hairs and wax-secreting glands in the skin of the pinna and the external auditory meatus. The cerumen (earwax) is formed by the secretion of ceruminous glands along with sebum and dead epidermal cells.