A filament, mostly protein, that grows from follicles found in the dermis[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair ]
Synonyms: hair
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- CALOHA:TS-0430
- MAT:0000160
- BTO:0001501
- VHOG:0001191
- Wikipedia:Hair
- FMA:53667
- GAID:71
- EV:0100157
- EFO:0000958
- SCTID:361702001
- NCIT:C32705
- MIAA:0000160
- EMAPA:18769
- UMLS:C0018494 (ncithesaurus:Hair)
- MA:0000155
- MESH:D006197
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
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)
Term relations
Subclass of:
- cutaneous appendage
- ectoderm-derived structure
- develops from some hair follicle
- part of some skin epidermis
- part of some pilosebaceous unit
- only in taxon some Mammalia
- has part some keratin filament