Thickening of the proximal end of the hair follicle. Contains rapidly proliferating, rather undifferentiated matrix cells (transient amplifying cells), melanocytes and outer root sheath cells. [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.005 ]
Synonyms: hair bulb hair follicle bulb
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cross reference
- UMLS:C0221962 (ncithesaurus:Hair_Bulb)
- FMA:70666
- MA:0000161
- EMAPA:18770
- NCIT:C32706
- SCTID:361360009
Subsets
pheno_slim