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11hair cuticle — cuticle of hair, cuticle of hair shaft a layer of cells on the external surface of the hair shaft, interlocking with the cuticle of the root sheath …
12Hair follicle — A sac from which a hair grows and into which the sebaceous (oil) glands open. The follicle is lined by cells derived from the epidermal (outside) layer of skin. The human hair follicle is a dynamic structure that generates hair through a complex… …
13hair follicle — noun a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them • Hypernyms: ↑follicle • Part Meronyms: ↑sebaceous gland, ↑sebaceous follicle, ↑glandulae sebaceae * * * noun …
14hair cortex — cortex of hair, cortex of hair shaft the middle layer of a hair, constituting the bulk of the hair substance, surrounded by the hair cuticle and often enclosing a small hair medulla …
15hair follicle — noun Date: 1838 the tubular epithelial sheath that surrounds the lower part of the hair shaft and encloses at the bottom a vascular papilla supplying the growing basal part of the hair with nourishment see hair illustration …
16hair medulla — medulla of hair, medulla of hair shaft a tiny area of material in some hairs, running up the middle of the hair cortex …
17hair cast — a small tubular structure on a hair shaft, white, shiny, and freely movable, usually near the scalp surface, formed by retention and desquamation of segments of the internal root sheath. Hair casts are sometimes mistaken for nits …
18shaft´like´ — shaft «shaft, shahft», noun, verb. –n. 1. a bar to support parts of a machine that turn, or to help move parts such as gears or pulleys, or to transmit power from one part of a machine to another, such as the drive shaft of an automobile. 2. a… …
19hair — 1. One of the fine, keratinized filamentous epidermal growths arising from the skin of the body of mammals except the palms, soles, and flexor surfaces of the joints; the full length and texture of h. varies markedly in different body sites. SYN …
20shaft — I. noun (plural shafts) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceaft; akin to Old High German scaft shaft, Latin scapus shaft, stalk, Greek skēptesthai to prop oneself, lean Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) the long handle of a spear or… …
