Concept information
Preferred term
Hair Follicle
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Note
- dis = HAIR FOLLICLE (IM) + HAIR DISEASES (NIM); inflammation = FOLLICULITIS
Scope note
- A tube-like invagination of the EPIDERMIS from which the hair shaft develops and into which SEBACEOUS GLANDS open. The hair follicle is lined by a cellular inner and outer root sheath of epidermal origin and is invested with a fibrous sheath derived from the dermis. (Stedman, 26th ed) Follicles of very long hairs extend into the subcutaneous layer of tissue under the SKIN.
History note
- 96
In other languages
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Finnish
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folliculus pili
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karvan juurituppi
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018859
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