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Follicles, Hair

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A tube-like invagination of the epidermis from which the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open. The hair follicle is lined by a cellular inner and outer root sheath of epidermal origin and is invested with a fibrous sheath derived from the dermis. Its anatomical designation is folliculus pili. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

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