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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

9. Skin

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9.31 Hair follicle

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Longitudinal section of a hair follicle.

This field shows the hair with its melanin pigmented cortex (C).

The cuticle of the hair is poorly pigmented (arrowheads).

The wall of the follicle is lined with stratified epithelium of the outer root sheath (*) with a layer of soft keratin at its surface (+).

This hair has no medulla.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×900

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