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DeCS
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
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
IR
innervation
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
32739
Unique Identifier:
D018859
Occurrence in VHL
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