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What is the part of the hair below the skin surface called?
The part of the hair below the skin's surface is called the follicle. The hair follicle is essentially the root of the hair where it begins to grow just beneath the surface of the skin.
What is the portion of the hair structure that extends above the skin surface?
Hair root
The portion of the hair that protrudes above the surface of the skin is the?
Shaft
Root hair cell function?
your hair grows from follicles within the skin. The part of the hair inside the follicle below the skin's surface is known as the hair root, while the portion you see protruding from the head is the hair shaft. At the base of the hair root is the hair bulb where nutrients are received and new cells are formed
What is a bluebeard?
A bluebeard - to my understanding - is the visible dark hue of hair (shafts) beneath the skin surface on the face of a cleanly shaven person. The darkish appearance/colouration of dark hair below the skin surface that cannot be removed by shaving.
What part of hair extends from the hair papilla to the body surface?
The hair shaft is the part of the hair that you see on the surface of skin .
What portion of a hair protrudes above the surface of the skin?
That depends on the length of the hair. Someone with a crew cut might be close to 50/50 whereas someone with hair they can sit on the ratio would be more like 1/99.
What is Hair shaft?
The part of the hair projecting form the surface of the scalp or skin
What is a hair shaft?
The part of the hair projecting form the surface of the scalp or skin
What microorganisms live below the skin surface?
anaerobic
Are hair roots the same thing as hair follicles?
The root of a human hair is the part of the hair that is normally out of sight beneath the skin.The follicle is part of the skin (the layer called the epidermis) that is folded in below the skin surface and holds the swollen base (the bulb) of the root of the hair. Almost, but not quite. The hair root is the base of the hair that is alive and growing, and it lives in a protected pouch called a hair follicle.
Discuss the irony of the statement beauty is only skin deep from both a medical and physical aspect?
From a medical aspect, the surface of the skin is only a very small portion of the body. Surface blemishes are shallow and do not extend into the lower dermal layers. If one strips off the outer layer, they are left with perfection only a few millimeters below the surface.
