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English: A diagram showing how the cross section of the hair shaft differs in different hair types. A round cross section is found in straight hair types, an oval cross section in wavy or curly hair types, and a flattened oval cross section in curly or kinky hair types.
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the hair shaft, which is the hard filamentous part that extends above the skin surface. 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.
The cross-section of a bone. ... Marrow in the shaft of long bones is typically yellow, with red marrow in the head through the cancellous bone. ... for a diagram ...
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 ...
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Osteons on cross-section of a bone. In osteology, the osteon or haversian system (/ h ə ˈ v ɜːr. ʒ ən /; named for Clopton Havers) is the fundamental functional unit of much compact bone. Osteons are roughly cylindrical structures that are typically between 0.25 mm and 0.35 mm in diameter. [1] Their length is often hard to define, [2] but ...