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strand of hair

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001037


A filament, mostly protein, that grows from follicles found in the dermis[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair ]

Synonyms: hair

Term info

database cross reference
  • MESH:D006197
  • VHOG:0001191
  • Wikipedia:Hair
  • BTO:0001501
  • MAT:0000160
  • CALOHA:TS-0430
  • MA:0000155
  • FMA:53667
  • SCTID:361702001
  • UMLS:C0018494 (ncithesaurus:Hair)
  • MIAA:0000160
  • EFO:0000958
  • GAID:71
  • NCIT:C32705
  • EMAPA:18769
  • EV:0100157
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

curator note

this class defines an individual hair

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Gray945.png

editor note

TODO for now we treat vibrissa/whisker as a syonym, but these have different follicles. We could introduce subclasses (see also: Pangolin scales)

has related synonym

vibrissa, setulae, fur, whisker, coat hair, quill, coat/ hair, microchaeta

id

UBERON:0001037

prefLabel

Hair