Figure hair - composition

Figure hair: A - structure with hair and skin glands, B - cross section through a hair root

Hair - build-up

  1. Hair shaft - Stipes pili
  2. Epidermis - epidermis
  3. Hair root
  4. Sebum -
    Glandula sebacea
  5. Root sheath -
    Vagina radicularis epithelialis
  6. Scent gland -
    Glandula sudorifera apocrina
  7. Hair papilla -
    Papilla dermalis pili
  8. Vascular network of the hair papilla -
    Rete capillare papillae pili
  9. Growth zone - matrix
  10. Hair bulb
  11. Sweat gland -
    Glandula sudorifera merocrina
  12. Hair follicle muscle -
    Arrector pili muscle
  13. Hair pulp - Medulla
  14. Hair bark - Cortex
  15. Cuticle of hair -
    Cuticle
  16. Glass skin - Membrana vitrea
  17. Hair follicle - Vagina dermalis radicularis

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