THE TACTILE HAIR FOLLICLES IN THE MOUSE
THE TACTILE HAIR FOLLICLES IN THE MOUSE
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DOI:
10.1002/ar.1091150202
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发表时间:
1953-01-01
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通讯作者:
MONTAGNA, W
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作者:
MELARAGNO, HP;MONTAGNA, W
The structural pattern of tactile hair follicles is essentially similar to that of coat hairs. Follicles of tactile hairs are surrounded by a dense fibrous capsule, which forms a ring of tissue, the conical body, around the neck of the follicle. Arteries and a branch of the facial nerve penetrate the lower portion of the capsule. The arteries empty into the blood sinus. The lower, or cavernous sinus is traversed by cellular trabeculae; the upper, or ring sinus contains the "ringwulst." The trabeculae and the ringwulst are appendages of the mesenchymal sheath, a layer of stellate cells which envelops the follicle. Stellate cells in the trabeculae and mesenchymal sheath in the cavernous sinus phagocytose detritus from the blood. At the apex of the ring sinus the mesenchymal sheath is riddled by venules which drain the sinus. Numerous mast cells are found in the mesenchymal sheath in the cavernous sinus and in the apex of the ring sinus. The hair follicle itself resembles that of any coarse hair with the exception that the external sheath, at the boundary between the inferior and superior sinus becomes tremendously dilated into the so-called superior enlargement. The glassy membrane also becomes very thick in the lower portion of the superior enlargement. The dermal papilla, unlike that of coat hairs is richly vascular and occasionally forms an intrabulbar blood sinus. The dermal papilla and the mesenchymal sheath stain metachromatically. The external sheath contains glycogen up to the middle of the superior enlargement.