root sheath in a sentence
Examples
- This is due to the failure of the Hertwig epithelial root sheath which maps the shape of the forming tooth roots during active differentiation.
- During root formation the inner layers of epithelium disappear and only the basal layers are left creating Hertwig's Epithelial Root Sheath ( HERS ).
- When BMP4 is expressed ectopically, within transgenic mice the hair follicle outer root sheath ( ORS ) the proliferation of the cell matrix is inhibited.
- The root sheath eventually disintegrates with the periodontal ligament, but residual pieces that do not completely disappear are seen as epithelial cell rests of Malassez ( ERM ).
- The cementoblasts differentiate from follicular cells, which can only reach the surface of the tooth's root once Hertwig's Epithelial Root Sheath ( HERS ) has begun to deteriorate.
- The hot petrolatum used with the iron was thought to cause a chronic inflammation around the upper segment of the hair follicle leading to degeneration of the external root sheath.
- The living parts of hair ( hair follicle, hair root, root sheath, and sebaceous gland ) are beneath the skin, while the actual hair shaft which emerges ( the cuticle which covers the cortex and medulla ) has no living processes.
- Keratin 17 is expressed in several epithelial structures, most notably in sebaceous glands, the outer root sheath of hair follicles, and the nail bed; its expression correlates well to the clinical phenotypic expression of both steatocystoma multiplex and pachyonychia congenita type 2.