strand of tylotrich hair

Term ID

UBERON:0022285

Synonyms

Definition

a single large hair, surrounded by neurovascular tissue at the level of the sebaceous gland, with a hair follicle innervated by a hair-tylotrich neuron (CL:1001436), a rapidly acting mechanoreceptor.

References

• CL:1001436

Ontology

Uberon Ontology