part_of
part of
part of
overlaps
overlaps
develops from
develops from
Homo sapiens
skin epidermis
strand of hair
hair follicle
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Hair_follicle-en.svg
EFO:0002464
UMLS:C0221971
MA:0000154
EV:0100156
A tube-like opening in the epidermis where the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open[GO].
UBERON:0002073
GAID:934
folliculus pili
FMA:70660
uberon
Wikipedia:Hair_follicle
SCTID:280830006
NCIT:C13317
BTO:0000554
The earliest reliable record of hair is found in a fossil of the Paleocene period, in which the structure of hair cuticles is preserved. Its appearance suggests that the complicated structure of the hair follicle, closely similar to that of present-day mammals, had already appeared at this time.[well established][VHOG]
MESH:D018859
EMAPA:29741
VHOG:0001268
Development notes:Formation largely takes place during fetal and perinatal skin development. However, after skin wounding de novo hair follicle formation may also occur in adult mouse and rabbit skin[DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.005].
EMAPA:18771
CALOHA:TS-0432
hair follicle placode
pilosebaceous unit
skin appendage follicle