- Huxley layer
- Hux·ley layer (huksґle) [Thomas Henry Huxley, English physiologist and naturalist, 1825–1895] see under layer.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Huxley layer — a layer of the inner root sheath of a hair follicle, lying between the Henle layer and the cuticle of the root sheath. See illustration … Medical dictionary
Huxley's layer — Hux·ley s layer həks lēz n a layer of the inner stratum of a hair follicle composed of one or two layers of horny flattened epithelial cells with nuclei and situated between Henle s layer and the cuticle next to the hair Huxley Thomas Henry (1825 … Medical dictionary
Huxley, T.H. — ▪ British biologist Introduction in full Thomas Henry Huxley born May 4, 1825, Ealing, Middlesex, Eng. died June 29, 1895, Eastbourne, Sussex English biologist, educator, and advocate of agnosticism (he coined the word). Huxley s vigorous… … Universalium
Huxley's layer — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 234 GrayPage = 1068 Caption = Transverse section of hair follicle. Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = l 05 DorlandsSuf = 12480588 The second layer of the… … Wikipedia
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
Huxley — Thomas H., English biologist, physiologist, and comparative anatomist, 1825–1895. See H. layer, H. membrane, H. sheath … Medical dictionary
Henle layer — the outer layer of cells of the inner root sheath of a hair follicle, lying between the outer root sheath and the Huxley layer. See illustration. Henle and Huxley layers in the inner root sheath in a longitudinal section of a hair follicle … Medical dictionary
Thomas Henry Huxley — Woodburytype print of Huxley (1880 or earlier) Born 4 May 1825(1825 05 04) … Wikipedia
Malpighian layer — Histologic image of the epidermis with its layers named in white text. The Malpighian layer of the skin is a term that is generally defined as both the stratum basale and stratum spinosum as a unit,[1][ … Wikipedia
Henle's layer — Hen·le s layer hen lēz n a single layer of cuboidal epithelium forming the outer boundary of the inner stratum of a hair follicle compare HUXLEY S LAYER Hen·le hen lə Friedrich Gustav Jacob (1809 1885) German anatomist and histologist. One of… … Medical dictionary