Hair follicle. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured sample of tissue from human skin, with a fracture revealing the struc

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Hair follicle. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured sample of tissue from human skin, with a fracture revealing the structure of a hair follicle. The structures seen here include the hair shaft (red), the sebaceous gland (blue), and fat cells (yellow) surrounding the root of the hair. Magnification: x150 when printed at 10 centimetres across.

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