Shafts or openings on the surface of the skin through which hair grows.
A small sac that extends from the epidermis into the subcutaneous tissue and which contains the individual hair root.
The cells and tissue that surround the root of a hair.
Tubular sheath of cells in the epidermis layer of the skin that surrounds the root of a hair. Sebaceous glands and small arrector pili muscles are associated with hair follicles.
A saclike structure from which hair grows.
A sheath of epidermal cells and connective tissue that surrounds the root of a hair.
An invagination of the epidermis that forms a cylindrical depression, penetrating the corium into the connective tissue that holds the hair root. Sebaceous glands, which secrete sebum, and tiny muscles (arrectores pili), which cause the hair to stand, are attached to these follicles.
The tube-like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root.
A tubular depression in the skin from which a solitary hair emerges.