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  2. Chondrule - Wikipedia

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    Chondrules in the chondrite classification Grassland. A millimeter scale is shown. Chondrules in the Carbonaceous Chondrite NWA 13887. A chondrule (from Ancient Greek χόνδρος chondros, grain) is a round grain found in a chondrite. Chondrules form as molten or partially molten droplets in space before being accreted to their parent asteroids.

  3. Hair follicle - Wikipedia

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    The hair follicle is an organ found in mammalian skin. [1] It resides in the dermal layer of the skin and is made up of 20 different cell types, each with distinct functions.. The hair follicle regulates hair growth via a complex interaction between hormones, neuropeptides, and immune cells

  4. Hair cell - Wikipedia

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    Damage to hair cells can cause damage to the vestibular system and therefore cause difficulties in balancing. However, other vertebrates, such as the frequently studied zebrafish, and birds have hair cells that can regenerate. [5] [6] The human cochlea contains on the order of 3,500 inner hair cells and 12,000 outer hair cells at birth. [7]

  5. Hair - Wikipedia

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    Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis.Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair.

  6. Category:Human hair - Wikipedia

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    Hair analysis (alternative medicine) Hair casts; Hair cloning; Hair disease; Hair fetishism; Hair follicle nevus; Hair hang; Hair loss; Hair oil; Hair removal; Hair tattoo; Hair texture powder; Hair theft; Hair washing without commercial shampoo; Hair whorl; Hair's breadth; Hairwork; Head shaving; Human hair growth; Hypertrichosis; Hypotrichosis

  7. Human hair color - Wikipedia

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    The Fischer–Saller scale, named after Eugen Fischer and Karl Saller is used in physical anthropology and medicine to determine the shades of hair color. The scale uses the following designations: A (very light blond), B to E (light blond), F to L (), M to O (dark blond), P to T (light brown to brown), U to Y (dark brown to black) and Roman numerals I to IV and V to VI (red-blond).

  8. Human hair growth - Wikipedia

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    It is commonly stated that hair grows about 1 cm per month on average; however reality is more complex, since not all hair grows at once. Scalp hair was reported to grow between 0.6 cm and 3.36 cm per month. The growth rate of scalp hair somewhat depends on age (hair tends to grow more slowly with age), sex, and ethnicity. [3]

  9. Accretion (astrophysics) - Wikipedia

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    Chondrules, metal grains, and other components likely formed in the solar nebula. These accreted together to form parent asteroids. These accreted together to form parent asteroids. Some of these bodies subsequently melted, forming metallic cores and olivine -rich mantles ; others were aqueously altered. [ 35 ]