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strand of hair
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A filament, mostly protein, that grows from follicles found in the dermis[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair ]
Term info
Label
strand of hair
Synonyms
- hair
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
curator note
this class defines an individual hair
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Gray945.png
editor note
TODO for now we treat vibrissa/whisker as a syonym, but these have different follicles. We could introduce subclasses (see also: Pangolin scales)
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
vibrissa, fur, setulae, whisker, coat hair, quill, coat/ hair, microchaeta
id
UBERON:0001037