Anatomy Hair

Question 1

Hair

Answer 1

Keep warmth by preserving heat.

Protects sensitive areas from dust, dirt and other small particles.

Question 2

Hair Fiber

Answer 2

Lightweight tiny fibers made of keratin protein.

Question 3

Hair Root

Answer 3

In the skin and extends down to the deeper layers of the skin.

Surrounded by hair follicle (a sheath of skin and connective tissue), which is also connected to sebaceous gland.

Question 4

Melanocytes

Answer 4

Are dendritic, pigment-synthesizing cells of neural crest origin with clear cytoplasm confined to the basal layer.

Pigmented Cells