hair
protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis, or skin
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Summary
hair is an anatomical structure class type[1]. hair draws 10,132 Wikipedia views per month (anatomical structure class type category, ranking #3 of 19).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
- Made from material: keratins[4]
- Subclass of: biomaterial[5], skin appendage[6], particular anatomical entity[7]
- Part of: androgenic hair[8], set of hairs[9]
- Commons category: Hair[10]
- Has part(s): cuticle[11], cortex[12], medulla[13], Karvoitus[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hair[15]
- Anatomical location: hair follicle[16]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[19], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[20], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[21], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[24]
- Has characteristic: hair color[25], hair length[26]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C32705[27]
- Different from: spiral spring[28]
- Hashtag: hair[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
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Influence
Things named for hair include androgenic hair[31]; halotrichite[32], a mineral species[33]; Trichiurus[34], a taxon[35]; and cyanotrichite[36], a mineral species[37].
Why It Matters
hair has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] hair is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
Entities named for hair include androgenic hair[31]; halotrichite[32], a mineral species[33]; Trichiurus[34], a taxon[35]; and cyanotrichite[36], a mineral species[37].