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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
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

curator notes

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 related synonym

vibrissa, setulae, fur, whisker, coat hair, quill, coat/ hair, microchaeta

id

UBERON:0001037