pilosebaceous unit
An epidermal invagination that has as parts a hair follicle, a sebaceous gland, and arrector pili muscle. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0123813611&isbn=1/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilosebaceous_unit http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pmc&cmd=search&term=PMC3130146 ]
Synonyms: fabrica pilosebacea, pilo-sebaceous apparatus, pilo-sebaceous unit, pilosebaceous apparatus
Term info
pheno_slim
pilosebaceous gland
uberon
UBERON:0011932
Pilosebaceous unit
Term relations
- protein-containing material entity
- organ subunit
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- has part some sebaceous gland
- has part some arrector muscle of hair
- has part some hair follicle
- part of some integumentary adnexa