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Descriptor
English
:
Hair Follicle
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Folículo Piloso
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Folículo Piloso
Tree Number:
A10.272.497.500
A17.360.710
A17.815.250.500
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
dis =
HAIR FOLLICLE
(IM) +
HAIR DISEASES
(NIM);
inflammation
=
FOLLICULITIS
See Related
English
:
Folliculitis
History Note
English
:
96
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
abnormalities
anatomy & histology
blood supply
chemistry
cytology
drug effects
embryology
enzymology
growth & development
immunology
injuries
innervation
metabolism
microbiology
pathology
physiology
physiopathology
parasitology
radiography
radiation effects
radionuclide imaging
secretion
surgery
transplantation
ultrastructure
ultrasonography
virology
Record Number:
32739
Unique Identifier:
D018859
Occurrence in VHL
:
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