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Prematurity
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions ...eyes and respond to sound, light, and being touched. Their skinny arms and legs are wrinkled and covered with fine hair, called lanugo (la-NOO-go). Small babies must be kept warm. The surface area of any baby ’ s skin is large relative to the mass of the... Read more
hair
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...There are different types of hair at different stages in life, and in different parts of the body. The first to develop is the lanugo, a layer of downy, slender hairs that begin growing in the third or fourth month of fetal life and are entirely shed either... Read more

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lanugo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing lanugo (lă- new -goh) n. fine hair covering the body and limbs of the human fetus. Read more

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Hooray for hair!
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 10/3/2005; 700+ words ; ...quills, and hooves. Three types of hair grow on the human body. While still in the womb, babies develop very fine hairs called lanugo. These hairs are shed about four weeks before the baby is born. Vellus hairs are the short, fine peach fuzz hairs that grow... Read more
Keepers call them furry, animated and hungry.(Animals)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 1/20/2002; 602 words ; ...they swim. Sea otter pups, born in water, come with a special kind of buoyant fur called a lanugo that floats them like a life jacket. They shed the lanugo within about two months, and cannot dive until then. Key to sea otter survival is keeping... Read more
What's up doc?
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication; 9/1/2006; 568 words ; ...follicles, long tubes within the skin; the scalp alone has more than 100,000 follicles. Babies have a special type of hair called lanugo that is replaced by vellus hair, the fine peach fuzz that appears on many areas of the body. Terminal hair is longer and darker... Read more
WALKING A THIN LINE.(celebrities, mass media and eating disorders)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science World; 12/14/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...With very little body fat, anorexics can't stand the cold. The body compensates by growing a fine coat of soft hair, called lanugo. People who don't eat enough food soon become deficient in potassium, an important mineral the body needs. Potassium deficiency... Read more
Spotted seals, Phoca largha, in Alaska.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Marine Fisheries Review; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...vitulina are more coastal and insular), a 2-month difference in mating seasons (effecting reproductive isolation), the whitish lanugo on newborn P. largha that is shed in utero in P. vitulina, differences in the adult pelage of P. largha and P. vitulina, and... Read more
No discrimination in eating disorders.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 4/19/2007; 700+ words ; ...muscle loss and weakness, severe dehydration, fainting, fatigue, dry hair and skin, and growth of a downy layer of hair called lanugo all over the body. Health consequences of bulimia nervosa (binge and purge): electrolyte imbalances that can lead to irregular... Read more