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Lanugo is very thin, soft,
usually unpigmented hair that is
sometimes found on the body of a
fetus or newborn. It is the
first hair to be
produced by the...
- at birth, with the
infant completely covered in thin
lanugo hair. In
normal cir****stances,
lanugo hair is shed
before birth and
replaced by
vellus hair;...
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generally have less
terminal hair to
obscure it.
Vellus hair is not
lanugo hair.
Lanugo hair is a much
thicker type of hair that
normally grows only on fetuses...
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Lanugo is a
genus of
wasps belonging to the
family Ichneumonidae. The name
refers to the
Latin word
lanugo,
meaning soft,
downy hair, due to the hair found...
- body hair
called lanugo. It may be
particularly noticeable on the back, shoulders, forehead, ears and face of
premature infants.
Lanugo disappears within...
- the time the
infant spends in the uterus:
intestinal epithelial cells,
lanugo, mucus,
amniotic fluid, bile, and water. Meconium,
unlike later ****, is...
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different parts of the body. For example,
terminal hairs grow on the
scalp and
lanugo hairs are seen
covering the
bodies of
fetuses in the
uterus and in some...
- first-year
pelage to grow. This
transition from
thick lanugo fur to
blubber is
important because lanugo fur does not
insulate well in water.
Adult harp seals...
- thin
layer of blubber, but some
species compensate for this with
thick lanugos.
Whales have a two- to three-chambered
stomach that is
similar in structure...
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composed of blood,
shreds of
fetal membranes, decidua,
vernix caseosa,
lanugo and membranes. It is red in
color because of the
large amount of
blood it...
