hair outer root sheath

Preferred Label : hair outer root sheath;

Uberon definition : A stratified epithelium that surrounds the hair follicle that merges proximally with the basal layer of the interfollicular epidermis and distally with the hair bulb.;

Uberon synonym : hair follicle outer root sheath; external root sheath of hair follicle; outer root sheath of hair follicle;

Uberon related term : outer root sheath; ORS; outer hair sheath;

Details

Origin ID

0005942;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Outer hair root sheath [FMA entity]
- Outer root sheath of hair follicle [FMA entity]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire outer root sheath (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Outer Root Sheath [NCIt concept]
- Outer root sheath of hair follicle [FMA entity]
continuous with
- bulb of hair follicle [UBERON concept]
has part
- outer root sheath companion layer [UBERON concept]

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