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SKIN AND HAIR
SECTION OF SKIN
Stratum Stratum Sweat Hair Sweat duct
granulosum corneum pore shaft
Stratum Merkel’s disk
spinosum
Stratum
basale
Dermal
papilla Epidermis
Free
nerve
ending
Meissner’s
corpuscle
Vascular
plexus
Nerve Dermis
fiber
Sebaceous
gland
Arrector
pili
muscle
Hair
bulb
Hypodermis
Papilla
Pacinian
corpuscle
Adipose (fat) Ruffini
tissue corpuscle
Sweat Hair
Vein gland follicle
Artery
PHOTOMICROGRAPHS OF SKIN AND HAIR
SECTION OF SKIN SWEAT PORE SKIN HAIR HEAD HAIR
The flaky cells at the skin’s This allows loss of fluid as part Two hairs pushing through the The root and part of the shaft of
surface are shed continuously. of temperature control. outer layer of skin. a hair from the scalp.
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