hair follicle

…glands are usually attached to hair follicles and release a fatty substance, sebum, into the follicular duct and thence to the surface of the skin. The glands are distributed over the entire body with the exception of the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet; they are…

…scales, feathers, claws, glands, and hair follicles are derived from either layer or from both. There are considerable differences between the skins of different vertebrate classes, and they are closely related to the environments of the various groups.

…sunk in a pit (follicle) beneath the skin surface. Except for a few growing cells at the base of the root, the hair is dead tissue, composed of keratin and related proteins. The hair follicle is a tubelike pocket of the epidermis that encloses a small section of the…