Question:
Hair present in the skin are
Hair present in the skin are
Updated On: Jul 12, 2022
- epidermal in origin and made of dead cells
- epidermal in origin and made of living cells
- dermal in origin and made of living cells
- dermal in origin and made of dead cells.
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Each hair is present in a tubular pit called hair follicle which is made up by sinking of epidermis. Living cells are present only at the base of hair i.e. in hair papilla, rest of the hair is dead and is divisible into outer cuticle, middle cortex and inner medulla.
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