See Also: Arrector pili(health)
arrector pili(medicine)
arrector pili muscles(medicine)
arrector(medicine)
Ossicle(health)
ossicle(dictionary)
Ossicle(medicine)
Kerckring's ossicle(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
F pili(medicine)

arrector pili muscles (medicine) and Ossicle (medicine)


arrector pili muscles (medicine)


arrector pili muscles
Bundles of smooth muscle fibres, attached to the deep part of the hair follicles, passing outward alongside the sebaceous glands to the papillary layer of the corium; they act to pull the hairs erect, causing "goose bumps" or "goose flesh" (cutis anserina).

Synonym: musculi arrectores pilorum, arrectores pilorum, erector muscles of hairs.


Ossicle (medicine)


ossicle
<anatomy> A small bone, particularly applied to the tiny bones of the middle ear, stapes, malleus and incus.

Origin: L. Ossiculum