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Hairs and glands in the skin of a mouse

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1 keratine epithelium
2 hair
3 hair follicle
4 cebaceous glands
5 musclefor piloerection
6 secretion path
7 compact connective tissue

English name: House mouse
Scientific name: Mus musculus
Familia: Muridae
Classis: Mammalia
Phylum: Chordata (subphylum vertebrata)
Regnum: Animalia

ad 6 . Arrows indicate the direction of the holocrine secretion process of the cebaceous glands