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Integumentary System > Hair > Hair Follicle
Integumentary System > Skin > Epidermis > Hair Follicle
Tissues > Epithelium > Epidermis > Hair Follicle

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Hair Follicle  

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Definition

  • 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.

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