Diagram of the skin and hair (includes sweat gland) Skin Tissue Hair follicle Cells and connective tissue that surrounds the root of the hair Arrector Pili Can you identify the skin structures in the diagram?Is the root hair Root hairs greatly increase the surface area of the root, and thereby improve the absorption of water and minerals Root hairs are located about 1/2 inch from the root cap Each root hair is an individual cell Root hairs live for only a few days and never develop into multicell rootsRoot hair, or absorbent hairs, are tubular outgrowths of an epidermal cell of a root, a hairforming cell on the epidermis of a plant root These structures are lateral extensions of a single cell and are only rarely branched They are found in the region of maturation, also called the zone of differentiation of the root Just prior to and during root hair cell development, there is elevated phosphorylase activity Plants absorb water through the roots from the soil by bulk flow Root hair
Hair Root Hair Follicle Human Body
