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  2. Cortex (hair) - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of the hair shaft, indicating medulla (innermost), cortex, and cuticle (exterior.) Anatomy of hair. The cortex of the hair shaft is located between the hair cuticle and medulla and is the thickest hair layer. It contains most of the hair's pigment, giving the hair its color. The major pigment in the cortex is melanin, which is also ...

  3. Inner root sheath - Wikipedia

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    During his original examination, Henle believed the layer lacked nuclei because he viewed it at a level where it had already cornified. [3] Huxley's layer is in the middle, made up of approximately two rows of flattened cells with granular protoplasm. The cuticle of the root sheath is in the center, continuous with the outermost layer of the ...

  4. Huxley's layer - Wikipedia

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    Huxley's layer is the second layer of the inner root sheath of the hair and consists of one or two layers of horny, flattened, nucleated cells. It lies between Henle's layer and the cuticle . [ 1 ]

  5. Root sheath (hair) - Wikipedia

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    a delicate cuticle next the hair, composed of a single layer of imbricated scales with atrophied nuclei; Huxley's layer; Henle's layer; The term "trichilemmal" refers to the outer root sheath. [2] The IRS functions to mould, adhere, as well as participate in the keratinization of growing hair. [3]

  6. Outer root sheath - Wikipedia

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    The outer root sheath or external 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) . See also

  7. Medulla (hair) - Wikipedia

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    Anatomy of hair Diagram of the hair shaft, indicating medulla (innermost), cortex, and cuticle (exterior.) The medulla is the innermost layer of the hair shaft. This nearly invisible layer is the most soft and fragile, and serves as the pith or marrow of the hair. Some mammals don't have a medulla in their hair. The presence or absence of this ...

  8. Hair - Wikipedia

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    It is made of multi-layered keratinized (dead) flat cells whose rope-like filaments provide structure and strength to it. The protein called keratin makes up most of its volume. A cross section of the hair shaft may be divided roughly into three zones. Hair fibers have a structure consisting of several layers, starting from the outside:

  9. Hair matrix - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The hair matrix, or simply matrix, produces the ...