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What are the parts of hair and what does each part contain

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Human hair consists of the hair shaft, which projects from the skin's surface, and the root, a soft thickened bulb at the base of the hair embedded in the skin. The root ends in the hair bulb. The hair bulb sits in a sac-like pit in the skin called the follicle, from which the hair grows.

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Answer: "Hair follicles are divided into three parts : the infundibulum, the isthmus and the bulb."

"Each hair contains protein called Keratin. "

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