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Hair follicle layer

Henle's layer
Transverse section of hair follicle.
Identifiers
FMA	70938
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

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.

References

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

Epidermis	Stratum corneum Stratum lucidum Stratum granulosum Stratum spinosum Malpighian layer Stratum basale
Basement membrane	Basal keratinocyte Lamina lucida Lamina densa
Dermis	Papillary Dermal papillae Reticular

Root sheath	Outer root sheath Inner root sheath Henle's layer Huxley's layer
Hair shaft	Cuticle Cortex Medulla Bulb with matrix cells Hair follicle
Muscle	Arrector pili muscle
Pilosebaceous unit	Hair sebaceous gland

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