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hair outer root sheath

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A stratified epithelium that surrounds the hair follicle that merges proximally with the basal layer of the interfollicular epidermis and distally with the hair bulb. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/mouse-anatomy-ontology/issues/56 http://www.keratin.com/aa/aa022.shtml https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.005 ]

Term info

Label

hair outer root sheath

Synonyms
  • external root sheath of hair follicle
  • hair follicle outer root sheath
  • outer root sheath of hair follicle
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Subsets

pheno_slim

has related synonym

ORS, outer root sheath, outer hair sheath

id

UBERON:0005942