Hair whorl
| Hair whorl | |
|---|---|
Human baby hair whorl | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | vortices pilorum |
| TA98 | A16.0.00.026 |
| FMA | 76564 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
A hair whorl (also known as a crown, swirl, or trichoglyph) is a patch of hair growing in a circular direction around a visible center point. Hair whorls occur in most hairy animals on the body as well as on the head, and can be either clockwise, counterclockwise or diffuse in direction of growth.