Inner root sheath

The inner root sheath or internal root sheath of the hair follicle is located between the outer root sheath and the hair shaft.[1] It is made of three layers: Henle's layer, Huxley's layer, and the cuticle.[2] The inner root sheaf serves to protect growing hair. [3]

  1. ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005) Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (10th ed.). Saunders. Page 8. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
  2. ^ Bailey, Frederick Randolph (1910), A text-book of histology, W. Wood, University of California, pp. 359–560
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Inner Root Sheath and the Men Associated with it Eponymically was invoked but never defined (see the help page).