loading...| Preferred Name | Hair Follicle | |
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| Definitions |
A tube-like invagination of the epidermis from which the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open; the 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. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C13317 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
A shaft or opening on the surface of the skin through which hair grows. A tube-like invagination of the epidermis from which the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open; the 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. (NCI) |
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| code |
C13317 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CDISC |
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| definition |
A tube-like invagination of the epidermis from which the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open; the 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. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C77526 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C78734 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C74456 |
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| label |
Hair Follicle |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Hair_Follicle |
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| Preferred_Name |
Hair Follicle |
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| prefixIRI |
NCIT:C13317 |
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| prefLabel |
Hair Follicle |
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| Semantic_Type |
Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0221971 |
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