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41Basement membrane — Illustration depicting basement membrane in relation to epithelium and endothelium. Also seen are other extracellular matrix components Latin membr …
42Dermal papillae — Dermal papilla labeled at top Papilla of the hand, treated with acetic acid. Magnified 350 tim …
43Ceruminous glands — are specialized sudoriferous glands (sweat glands) located subcutaneously in the external auditory canal. They produce cerumen or earwax which lubricates and cleans the auditory canal, and serves as a barrier to trap foreign particles (dust,… …
44layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam …
45Matrix (hair) — The hair matrix produces the actual hair shaft as well as the inner and outer root sheaths.[1] References ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005) Andrews Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (10th ed.). Saunders. Page 8. ISBN …
46Medulla (hair) — The medulla is the inner most layer of the hair shaft.[1] Importance in forensics Hair can easily be discredited as belonging to a human with the presence of medulla. Most other mammals possess one which is easily visible under a microscope.… …
47Eccrine sweat gland — Latin glandula sudorifera merocrina; glandula sudorifera eccrina Code TH H3.12.00.3.03009 …
48Human skin — Skin epidermis (A), dermis (B), and subcutis (C), showing a hair follicle (1), sweat gland (11) sebaceous gland (7) Latin cutis …
49Outer root sheath — The outer root sheath of the hair follicle encloses the inner root sheath and hair shaft.[1] It is continuous with the basal layer of the interfollicular epidermis (skin). References ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005) Andrews… …
50membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m …
