Skin Hair Follicle
Submission Date: 7/9/2025
Modify Date: 8/6/2025
Skin Hair Follicle
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Anatomy, Cells and Organelles
Description
This functional tissue unit (FTU) illustration includes cell types related to the hair follicle in the ASCT+B Table Skin v1.4. Cell types and measurements were referenced from Yang and Cotsarelis 2010, and Stocum 2012. Uberon describes this FTU as follows: "A tube-like opening in the epidermis where the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open."
Bibliography:
- Stocum, David L. 2012. “Regeneration of Epidermal Structures.” In Regenerative Biology and Medicine, 43–65. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384860-4.00003-4.
- Yang, Chao-Chun, and George Cotsarelis. 2010. “Review of Hair Follicle Dermal Cells.” Journal of Dermatological Science 57 (1): 2–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdermsci.2009.11.005
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Human Reference Atlas. (7/9/2025). Skin Hair Follicle. NIAID NIH BIOART Source. bioart.niaid.nih.gov/bioart/657
Keywords
Skin Hair Follicle
Collection
Human Reference Atlas
Category
Anatomy, Cells and Organelles