Henle's layer

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Henle's layer
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Transverse section of hair follicle.
Gray's	subject #234 1068
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_05/12480571

Henle's layer is the third layer of the inner root sheath of the hair, consisting of a single layer of cubical cells with clear flattened nuclei.

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Skin layers	cutis: Epidermis (Stratum corneum, Stratum lucidum, Stratum granulosum, Stratum spinosum, Stratum germinativum/basale) • Dermis Subcutaneous tissue
Skin appendages	glands: Sweat glands (Eccrine, Apocrine)  • Sebaceous glands hair: Root of the hair, Hair follicle • Root sheath (Huxley's layer, Henle's layer) nails: Eponychium • Lunula nonhuman: Scale • Feather