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Hair follicle   /hɛr fˈɑləkəl/   Listen
Hair follicle

noun
1.
A small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them.





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"Hair follicle" Quotes from Famous Books



... covering. It is a special modification of epidermis, having the same essential structure, and consists of a root, shaft, and point. The root has a bulbous extremity, is lighter and softer than the stem, and is lodged in a recess or hair follicle, which may either be in the corium or subcutaneous areolae. The follicle is dilated at the bottom to correspond to the root bulb, and the ducts of one or more sebaceous glands open into it. At the bottom ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture


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