follicle

Introduction

• a more or less spherical mass of cells generally containing a cavity
• a crypt such a depression in the skin from which a hair emerges

More general terms

• anatomic structure

More specific terms

• hair follicle (folliculus pili)
• lingual follicle (lenticular papillae)
• lymphoid follicle
• ovarian follicle
• thyroid follicle