| twisted hairs | pili torti |
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| twisted | Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted. <geometry> Twisted curve, a surface described by a straight line moving according to any law whatever, yet so that the consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one plane; a warped surface. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| auditory hairs | Cilia on the free surface of the auditory cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| burrowing hairs | Hair's that grow at more acute angles than is normal, and in all directions; they incompletely clear the follicle, turn back in, and cause pseudofolliculitis. Synonym: burrowing hairs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schridde's cancer hairs | Thick lusterless hair's scattered in the beard and the temporal region, said to occur in cancerous patients but found also in persons with other cachectic conditions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nettling hairs | Sharp-pointed barbed hair's of certain caterpillars which cause a dermatitis when brought in contact with the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ingrown hairs | Hair's that grow at more acute angles than is normal, and in all directions; they incompletely clear the follicle, turn back in, and cause pseudofolliculitis. Synonym: burrowing hairs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| taste hairs | Hairlike projections of gustatory cells of taste buds; electron micrographs show them to be clusters of microvilli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erector muscles of hairs | Bundles of smooth muscle fibres, attached to the deep part of the hair follicles, passing outward alongside the sebaceous glands to the papillary layer of the corium; they act to pull the hairs erect, causing "goose bumps" or "goose flesh" (cutis anserina). Synonym: musculi arrectores pilorum, arrectores pilorum, erector muscles of hairs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Frey's hairs | Short hair's of varying degrees of stiffness, set at right angles into the end of a light wooden handle; used for assessing sensation. (05 Mar 2000) |