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Hair present in the skin are
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- epidermal in origin and made of dead cells
- epidermal in origin and made of living cells
- dermal in origin and made of living cells
- dermal in origin and made of dead cells
Correct Option: A
Each hair is present in a tubular pit called hair follicle. Living cells are only present at the base of hair known as hair papilla, rest of the hair is dead and divisible into outer cuticle, middle cortex & inner medulla.