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Hair Shaft
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 The part of a hair projecting beyond the skin |
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Sweat Pore
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 The surface opening of a sweat gland. |
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Dermal Papiliae
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 A small nipple-shaped projection or elevation. |
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Meissner’s corpuscle
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 touch receptors located near the surface of the skin. |
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Free nerve ending
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 Peripheral endings of sensory nerve fibers in which the terminal filaments end freely in the tissue |
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Reticular Layer of the Dermis
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Dense irregular connective tissue that consists of elastic fibers and collagen
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Sebaceous Gland
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Small, sacculated organs found within the dermis which secrete sebum
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Arrector Pili Muscle
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Muscle of hair which causes the hair to become erect.
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Sensory Nerve Fiber
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Nerves that receive sensory stimuli, such as how something feels and if it is painful.
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Eccrine Sweat Gland
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They consist of ducts, which are a downward budding of the skin and secretory coils deep in the skin, which create the sweat.
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Pacinian Corpuscle
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nerve endings in the skin, responsible for sensitivity to pain and pressure.
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Artery
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Carry blood away from the heart
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Adipose Tissue
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Body fat or just fat is loose connective tissue composed of adipocytes
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Root Hair Plexus
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Responsible for feeling light sensitive touch when something touches your hairs.
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Hair Follicle
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Part of the skin that grows hair by packing old cells together
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