hair follicle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002073
A tube-like opening in the epidermis where the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open[GO]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_follicle ]
Term info
- MESH:D018859
- EFO:0002464
- BTO:0000554
- EMAPA:29741
- GAID:934
- MA:0000154
- CALOHA:TS-0432
- FMA:70660
- NCIT:C13317
- Wikipedia:Hair_follicle
- VHOG:0001268
- EV:0100156
- EMAPA:18771
- UMLS:C0221971 (ncithesaurus:Hair_Follicle)
- SCTID:280830006
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas
The earliest reliable record of hair is found in a fossil of the Paleocene period, in which the structure of hair cuticles is preserved. Its appearance suggests that the complicated structure of the hair follicle, closely similar to that of present-day mammals, had already appeared at this time.[well established][VHOG]
Development notes:Formation largely takes place during fetal and perinatal skin development. However, after skin wounding de novo hair follicle formation may also occur in adult mouse and rabbit skin[DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.005].
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Hair_follicle-en.svg
folliculus pili
uberon
UBERON:0002073
Hair follicle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- skin appendage follicle
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- part of some skin epidermis
- overlaps some strand of hair
- part of some pilosebaceous unit
- develops from some hair follicle placode