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The reaction of hair follicles in the vicinity of full‐thickness excised skin wounds in the dog
Author(s) -
WINSTANLEY E. W.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1975.tb05792.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy , epidermis (zoology) , hair follicle , epithelium , hair growth , wound healing , pathology , surgery , physiology
The changes which take place in hair follicles close to full‐thickness excised skin wounds in the thoracic and metatarsal regions of the dog are described. The follicles make a significant contribution to the bulk of epithelial cells which are capable of migrating to form the new epidermis, and their behaviour explains why the migrating epithelium is first seen to grow on to the surface of the wound in the sector which lies in the direction of hair flow, and why a zone of alopecia surrounds the excised wound.