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hair shaft

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002074


The main part of the hair which is composed of trichocytes and is divided into the cortex and medulla. [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.005 ]

Synonyms: shaft of hair

Term info

database cross reference
  • SCTID:361359004
  • UMLS:C0221961 (ncithesaurus:Shaft_of_the_Hair)
  • BTO:0004672
  • NCIT:C33543
  • MA:0000159
  • EMAPA:36498
  • FMA:70728
Subsets

pheno_slim

editor note

TODO - check definition of trichocyte in CL, TODO - add distinct subclasses for coat hair vs vibrissa hair

has related synonym

scapus pili

id

UBERON:0002074

prefLabel

Hair shaft