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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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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...
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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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weighed 16 to 18
kilograms (35 to 40 lb) and
reportedly had a sl****,
black lanugo coat when born. It is
believed this animal's
average lifespan was approximately...
- the time the
infant spends in the uterus:
intestinal epithelial cells,
lanugo, mucus,
amniotic fluid, bile, and water. Meconium,
unlike later ****, is...
- old. The
fetus reaches a
length of
about 15 cm (6 in). A fine hair
called lanugo develops on the head.
Fetal skin is
almost transparent. More
muscle tissue...
- 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...
- body hair
called lanugo. It may be
particularly noticeable on the back, shoulders, forehead, ears and face of
premature infants.
Lanugo disappears within...
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become more abundant.
Fingernails reach the end of the fingertips. The
lanugo, or fine hair,
begins to
disappear until it is gone
except on the upper...
