Question

State the location of the following:
(iv) Hair

Answer 1

• The hair is made up of five parts, namely, hair shaft, hair follicle, hair root, hair bulb and hair papilla.
• The shaft is the visible part of the hair that sticks out of the skin.
• The root of the hair is covered by the hair follicle and is present in the deeper layers of the skin.
• The hair root ends deep in the dermis at the hair bulb.
• The hair bulb surrounds the hair papilla.