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hair follicle
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. Follicles of very long hairs extend into the subcutaneous layer of tissue under the skin.
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- Industri / Domain: Medis
- Kategori: Gen manusia
- Company: National Library of Medicine
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