Henle's layer

Henle's layer
Transverse section of hair follicle.
Identifiers
FMA70938
Anatomical terminology

Henle's layer is the third and the outermost layer of the inner root sheath of the hair follicle, consisting of a single layer of cubical cells with clear flattened nuclei. It is named after German physician, pathologist and anatomist Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle.[1]

See also

List of distinct cell types in the adult human body

References

  1. ^ "Henle's layer". Medical Free Dictionary. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1068 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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