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  2. Hair follicle - Wikipedia

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    There are many structures that make up the hair follicle. Anatomically, the triad of hair follicle, sebaceous gland and arrector pili muscle make up the pilosebaceous unit. [1] A hair follicle consists of : The papilla is a large structure at the base of the hair follicle. [4] The papilla is made up mainly of connective tissue and a capillary ...

  3. Trichoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Trichoscopy is a method of hair and scalp evaluation and is used for diagnosing hair and scalp diseases. [1] The method is based on dermoscopy. In trichoscopy hair and scalp structures may be visualized at many-fold magnification. Currently magnifications ranging from 10-fold to 70-fold are most popular in research and clinical practice. [2]

  4. File:Hair-follicle cycling.ogv - Wikipedia

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    English: The following video shows the three hair growing phases (anagen, catagen and telogen). Anagen phase: is the growth phase, hair grows from the root. Catagen phase: is the transition phase, the hair follicle shrinks and detaches from the skin. Telogen phase: is the resting phase, during wich a new follicle begings development

  5. Hair analysis - Wikipedia

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    The prosecutor overstated the reliability of hair analysis in identifying a single person, saying in his closing statement that "There is one chance, perhaps for all we know, in 10 million that it could [be] someone else's hair." [12] DNA testing in January 2012, however, showed that the prosecution's key piece of evidence, the hair, did not in ...

  6. Human hair growth - Wikipedia

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    Hair-follicle cycling Hair grows at different speeds and different lengths. Its composition causes different colors and textures, which influence how long the hair strands grow. Marianne Ernst, a German "long hair model" The three stages of hair growth are the anagen, catagen, and telogen phases. Each strand of hair on the human body is at its ...

  7. Pili multigemini - Wikipedia

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    Pili multigemini, also known as "compound hairs," [2] is a malformation characterized by the presence of bifurcated or multiple divided hair matrices and papillae, giving rise to the formation of multiple hair shafts within the individual follicles. [3] [4]

  8. Arrector pili muscle - Wikipedia

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    The arrector pili muscles, also known as hair erector muscles, [1] are small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals. Contraction of these muscles causes the hairs to stand on end, [ 2 ] known colloquially as goose bumps (piloerection).

  9. Root sheath (hair) - Wikipedia

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    The outer root sheath corresponds with the stratum mucosum (stratum germinativum and stratum spinosum) [1] of the epidermis, and resembles it in the rounded form and soft character of its cells; at the bottom of the hair follicle these cells become continuous with those of the root of the hair.