False-colour scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a single shaft of human hair. Hair consists largely of keratin, a fibrous protein. The micrograph s

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False-colour scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a single shaft of human hair. Hair consists largely of keratin, a fibrous protein. The micrograph shows clearly the overlapping keratin plates, or scales, which form the surface of normal human hair & which are thought to reduce hair matting. Magnification: x145 at 35mm size. Ref: MICROCOSMOS, figure , page 41.

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Size: 3543px × 5057px
Photo credit: © BIOPHOTO ASSOCIATES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: anatomy, body, coloured, false-coloured, hair, healthy, human, keratin, normal, scales, sem, shaft