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The internal root sheath is a layer composed of lightly keratinized cells which envelops the lower portion of the hair shaft, it does not extend past the isthmus (the middle segment) of the hair follicle.
A mature hair follicle is composed of a central keratinized fiber, called the hair shaft, that is directly surrounded by layers of terminally differentiated keratinocytes called the inner root sheath. The entire structure is lined externally by a single layer of undifferentiated basal cells that comprise the outer root sheath.
The inner root sheath or internal root sheath of the hair follicle is located between the outer root sheath and the hair shaft. [1] It is made of three layers: Henle's layer, Huxley's layer, and the cuticle. [2] The inner root sheaf serves to protect growing hair. [3]
30 paź 2023 · Structure and layers of the skin. The hair follicle is a skin appendage located deep in the dermis of the skin. Its function is to produce hair and enclose the hair shaft. A hair follicle consists of two main layers, an inner (epithelial) root sheath and an outer (fibrous) root sheath.
22 cze 2024 · Moving outward, a single layer of cells makes up the shaft cuticle, a structure encased in 3 layers that form the inner (internal) root sheath. The inner sheath shapes the hair shaft as it grows upward from the matrix.
30 lip 2023 · The inner root sheath (IRS) consists of the Henle layer, the Huxley layer, and the previously mentioned cuticle layer, which also helps affix the growing hair shaft to the follicle, a task bolstered by the production of keratins and trichohyalin by the IRS cells.
1 sty 2008 · Outer root sheath contains non-keratinizing keratinocytes. Inner layer of this sheath is termed companion layer. Within outer root sheath, just beneath sebaceous gland, there is situated the...
