strand of tylotrich hair

A single large hair, surrounded by neurovascular tissue at the level of the sebaceous gland, with a hair follicle innervated by a hair-tylotrich neuron (CL:1001436), a rapidly acting mechanoreceptor.

Type Gland
Parent Structure strand of hair

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What is the strand of tylotrich hair?
A single large hair, surrounded by neurovascular tissue at the level of the sebaceous gland, with a hair follicle innervated by a hair-tylotrich neuron (CL:1001436), a rapidly acting mechanoreceptor.

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Data sources: Terminologia Anatomica, Foundational Model of Anatomy, Wikidata.