Lanugo
Lanugo (/ləˈnuːɡoʊ, -ˈnjuː-/; from Latin lana "wool") is very fine, soft, usually unpigmented, downy hair that is sometimes found on the body of a fetus or newborn baby. It is the first hair to be produced by the fetal hair follicles, and it usually appears at about five months of gestation. It is normally shed before birth, around seven or eight months of gestation, but is sometimes present at birth. It disappears on its own within a few days or weeks.
It is replaced by hair covering the same surfaces, which is called vellus hair. This hair is finer and more difficult to see. The more visible hair that persists into adulthood is called terminal hair. It forms in specific areas and is hormone dependent.
Occurrence
In humans
Fetal development
During human development, the lanugo grows on fetuses as a normal part of gestation, but it is usually shed and replaced by vellus hair at about 33 to 36 weeks of gestational age. As the lanugo is shed from the skin, it is normal for the hair to be consumed by the developing fetus, since it drinks from the amniotic fluid and urinates into its environment. As a result, lanugo contributes to the newborn baby's meconium. The presence of lanugo on newborns is not necessarily a sign of premature birth. It is seen on infants born at 39 weeks of gestation, that is, full term.
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Shock Me Into Love
by: LenkaAh ah oh
Ah ah oh
Just when you think that it will never get you
It comes and throws a lightening bolt right at you
Before you know and now your pulse is racin'
And now your blood in runnin' hot like crazy
Oh oh oh ah ah oh
Give it everything, everything that ya got
Oh oh oh ah ah oh
Give it everything, everything that you've got
No, I never knew that I could feel this way (Feel this way)
No, I never had it running through by veins (Through my veins)
No, I never thought that it could be enough
Suddenly you, you shock me into love
Into love
It's waiting for you right around the corner
It doesn't have the decency to warn ya
It comes along taps you on the shoulder
You fall into the arms that now will hold ya
Oh oh oh ah ah oh
Give it everything, everything that ya got
Oh oh oh ah ah oh
Give it everything, everything that you've got
No, I never knew that I could feel this way (Feel this way)
No, I never had it running through by veins (Through my veins)
No, I never thought that it could be enough
Suddenly you, you shock me into love
Ah ah oh
Into love
Ah ah oh
Electricity
Shoots from you to me
Electricity
Shoots from you to me
No, I never knew that I could feel this way (Feel this way)
No, I never had it running through by veins (Through my veins)
No, I never thought that it could be enough
Suddenly you, you shock me into love
No, I never knew that I could feel this way (Feel this way)
No, I never had it running through by veins (Through my veins)
No, I never thought that it could be enough
Suddenly you, you shock me into love
Ah ah oh
Into love
Ah ah oh