Root of the hair
| Root of the hair | |
|---|---|
 Section of skin, showing the epidermis and dermis; a hair in its follicle; the Arrector pili muscle; sebaceous glands. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | radix pili |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | r_02/12687998 |
| FMA | 70730 |
The root of the hair ends in an enlargement, the hair bulb, which is whiter in color and softer in texture than the shaft, and is lodged in a follicular involution of the epidermis called the hair follicle. Bulb of hair layers consist of fibrous connective tissue, glassy membrane, external root sheath, internal root sheath composed of epithelium stratum (Henle's layer) and granular stratum (Huxley's layer), cuticle, cortex and medulla of hair.[1]
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