Root of the hair

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Root of the hair
Section of skin, showing the epidermis and dermis; a hair in its follicle; the Arrector pili muscle; sebaceous glands.
Latin	radix pili
Gray's	subject #234 1067
Dorlands/Elsevier	r_02/12687998

The root of the hair ends in an enlargement, the hair bulb, which is whiter in color and softer in texture than the shaft, and is lodged in a follicular involution of the epidermis called the hair follicle.

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Skin layers	cutis: Epidermis (Stratum corneum, Stratum lucidum, Stratum granulosum, Stratum spinosum, Stratum germinativum/basale) • Dermis Subcutaneous tissue
Skin appendages	glands: Sweat glands (Eccrine, Apocrine) • Sebaceous glands hair: Root of the hair • Hair follicle • Root sheath (Huxley's layer, Henle's layer) nails: Eponychium • Lunula nonhuman: Scale • Feather