Medulla (hair)
id:
medulla-hair-263-9889654
title:
Medulla (hair)
text:
The medulla is the innermost layer of the hair shaft.
This nearly invisible layer is the most soft and fragile, and serves as the pith or marrow of the hair. Some mammals don't have a medulla in their hair. The presence or absence of this layer and the characteristics of the medulla can aid taxonomists in identifying what taxa a hair comes from. Characteristics include whether the medulla contains air pockets as well as the histology of the medulla. Scientists are still uncertain about the exact
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Innermost layer of the hair
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medulla_(hair)
date created:
date modified:
2023-07-26T17:03:28Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q6807308","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6807308"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Gray945.png","width":342,"height":500}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15