Root hair, or absorbent hairs, are outgrowths of epidermal cells, specialized cells at the tip of a plant root. They are lateral extensions of a single...

"hair" usually refers to two distinct structures: the part beneath the skin, called the hair follicle, or, when pulled from the skin, the bulb or root...

as root hairs. A common type of trichome is a hair. Plant hairs may be unicellular or multicellular, and branched or unbranched. Multicellular hairs may...

application to parts of the root hair. The root hairs curled in the direction of the application, demonstrating the action of a root hair attempting to curl around...

coat of the hair follicle is closely adherent to the root of the hair, and consists of two strata named respectively the outer and inner root sheaths. The...

the root cap produces new root cells that elongate. Then, root hairs form that absorb water and mineral nutrients from the soil. The first root in seed...

[contradictory] Around the papilla is the hair matrix. A root sheath composed of an external and internal root sheath. The external root sheath appears empty with cuboid...

A hair plexus or root hair plexus is a special group of nerve fiber endings and serves as a very sensitive mechanoreceptor for touch sensation. Hair contains...

smaller in diameter than the smallest root or root hair, and thus can explore soil material that roots and root hairs cannot reach, and provide a larger...

minerals are absorbed through root hairs which are in contact with soil water and from the root hairs zone a little the root tips. Active absorption refers...

have entered the root hair. Nod factors trigger a series of complex developmental changes inside the root hair, beginning with root hair curling and followed...

Waxing is the process of hair removal from the root by using a covering of a sticky substance, such as wax, to adhere to body hair, and then removing this...

Roots and Root Hair Xylem Leaves Stomata Air The water passes from the soil to the root by osmosis. The long and thin shape of root hairs maximizes surface...

The living parts of hair (hair follicle, hair root, root sheath and sebaceous gland) are beneath the skin, while the actual hair shaft which emerges (the...

via two methods of root infection, intercellularly and intracellularly. Intracellular infection is characterized by initial root-hair deformation which...

The inner root sheath or internal root sheath of the hair follicle is located between the outer root sheath and the hair shaft. It is made of three layers:...

melanin ceases to be produced in the hair root and new hairs grow in without pigment. The stem cells at the base of hair follicles produce melanocytes, the...

oxygen to the root system. Conversely, excessively fine water droplets generated by ultrasonic misters can lead to excessive root hair growth without...

nodulation. Nod factors produce the differentiation of plant tissue in root hairs into nodules where the bacteria reside and are able to fix nitrogen from...

from plant root and soil. Assessment of wheat seedling roots revealed two types of association patterns: loose colonization of root hair by Anabaena...

hair to be a different solid color Root touch-up, where color is applied only to the most recent section of re-growth, usually the first inch of hair...

of root hairs. Root hair is the outgrowth of a single rhizodermal cell. They occur in high frequency in the adsorptive zone of the root. Root hair derives...

Orange red hair Copper hair Titian hair Strawberry blond hair Light blond hair Golden blond hair Medium blond hair Gray hair White hair White hair caused...

root-hair-region) are root hairs seen. Although microscopic, root-hairs can be observed by the unaided eye in chili and Brassica seedlings. Tap-Root-System:...

between the air in the alveoli and the blood. Plants get water through their roots. Water diffuses through the cell membrane of the root hair cells....

Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body. Typically at least the head is involved. The severity...

The hair matrix, or simply matrix, produces the actual hair shaft as well as the inner and outer root sheaths of hair. James, William; Berger, Timothy;...

meaning "brown/brown-haired", the feminine of which is brune. All of these terms ultimately derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhrūn- "brown, grey"...

bryophytes and algae. They are similar in structure and function to the root hairs of vascular land plants. Similar structures are formed by some fungi....

that initiate root hair curling. During this process, the rhizobia are curled up with the root hair. The rhizobia penetrate the root hair cells with an...