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What is an arrector pili?

What is an arrector pili? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) Any of the small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals, contraction of which causes the hairs to stand on end.
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They also lack arrector pili, so their fur can be streamlined as they swim.
In fact, the arrector pili muscle and the sebaceous glands are missing.
At the hair follicle, one or several sebaceous glands and an arrector pili muscle, which causes the hair to stand on end, can be found.
Associated with the follicle are sebaceous glands and the arrector pili smooth muscle fiber bundle.
The glands discharge their contents by the contraction of the arrector pili muscle and by any pressure applied to the gland.
When these structures were placed into the recipient area, the hair unit, including arrector pili muscle and neural connections, also developed.

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