skin appendage follicle
An organ subunit in the skin that gives rise to cutaneous appendage. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1266 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Synonyms: skin follicle, cutaneous appendage follicle
Term info
Term relations
- organ subunit and part of some zone of skin and overlaps some skin epidermis and overlaps some dermis and has potential to develop into some cutaneous appendage
- organ subunit
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some zone of skin
- overlaps some skin epidermis
- overlaps some dermis
- has potential to develop into some cutaneous appendage