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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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They excrete moisture in visible quantities through the opening of the pores.
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Dermal papillae
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Small nipple like protusions of the dernis that reach into the epidermis bringing food and oxygen to the lower layers of epidermal cells.
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Meissners corpuscle
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Egg shaped recptors that have mass intertwined fibers.
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Free nerve ending
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Branches and nerve segments located in the dermis.
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Reticular layer of the epidermis
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The reticular layer of the dermis consists of dense irregular connective tissue.
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Sebaceous gland
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It secretes oil into the hair follicle which provides a lubricant for the skin and hair.
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Arrector pili muscle
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Smooth muscle of the skin and this creates the goose-bumps on your skin by reacting to the cold.
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Sensory nerve fiber
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Thread like projection that conducts eletrical impluses of the nervous system.
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Eccrine sweat glands
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It controls the body tempature and provides a response to phychologial stimulus.
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Pacinian corpuscle
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Fast acting bulb shaped recptors located deep in the dermis.
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Artery
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Muscular and elastic walled vessels that carry oxygen and blood from the heart to all over the body.
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Vein
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They transport blood throughout the whole body.
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Adipose tissue
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It stores fat and releases it in a response to many nervous and hormonal stimuli.
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Root hair plexus
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It is the portion of the hair in the skin. It extends from the epidermal surface into the dermis but in the scalp, it can extend into the hypodermis.
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