The fine hair that covers the majority of the body is called ____________________ hair
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vellus
Rationale: Hair is distributed over the entire body surface with few exceptions (the palmar and plantar surfaces, lips, nipples, and the glans penis). Vellus hair, or fine, faint hair, covers most of the body. Terminal hair is the coarser, darker hair of the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, and in the axillary and pubic areas of both males and females. Males also tend to develop coarser, thicker chest and facial hair.
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