Chapter 11-Hair And Scalp

Question 1

The scientific study of hair, it’s diseases and care is called?

Answer 1

Trichology

Question 2

The two parts of a mature strand of hair are the?

Answer 2

Hair shaft and hair root

Question 3

The tube like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root is called?

Answer 3

Follicle

Question 4

Where are hair follicles not found?

Answer 4

Soles of the feet

Question 5

The tiny involuntary muscles in the base of the hair follicle are called?

Answer 5

Arrector pili

Question 6

What is the oily substance secreted from the sebaceous glands called?

Answer 6

Sebum

Question 7

For chemicals to penetrate a healthy cuticle hair layer what pH must they have?

Answer 7

An alkaline pH

Question 8

What shape are the cells of the medulla?

Answer 8

Round

Question 9

What is the name of the process whereby living cells mature and begin their journey up the hair shaft?

Answer 9

Keratinization

Question 10

The five main elements that make up the chemical composition of human hair are carbon oxygen hydrogen and?

Answer 10

Nitrogen and sulfur

Question 11

The chemical bonds that hold together the amino acid molecules are called?

Answer 11

Peptide bonds

Question 12

Which type of melanin provides natural colors ranging from red and Ginger to yellow and blonde tones?

Answer 12

Pheomelanin

Question 13

What type of hair do Asians tend to have?

Answer 13

Extremely straight hair

Question 14

To help minimize tangles in extremely curly hair when washing you should use what?

Answer 14

A detangling Rinse

Question 15

Hair texture is classified as?

Answer 15

Coarse medium or fine

Question 16

The measurement of individual hair strands on one square inch of the scalp is called?

Answer 16

Hair density

Question 17

Compared to hair with high porosity, chemical services performed on hair with low porosity require what kind of solutions?

Answer 17

More acidic

Question 18

Wet hair with a normal elasticity will stretch up to you how much of it original length?

Answer 18

70%

Question 19

Oily scalp and hair can be treated by properly washing it with?

Answer 19

Conditioning shampoo

Question 20

Which type of hair almost never has a Medulla?

Answer 20

Vellus

Question 21

The growth phase during which new hair is produced is called the?

Answer 21

Anagen phase

Question 22

The average growth of healthy scalp hair is how much per month

Answer 22

1”

Question 23

The technical term used to describe gray hair is what?

Answer 23

Canaties

Question 24

A condition of abnormal hair growth on areas of the body is called?

Answer 24

Hypertrichosis

Question 25

What is the medical term for dandruff?

Answer 25

Pityriasis.

Question 26

The body can produce 11 of the 20…… That make up hair.

Answer 26

Amino acids

Question 27

How much of the hairs overall strength do salt bond account for?

Answer 27

1/3

Question 28

The anagen phase generally lasts from 3 to 5…

Answer 28

Years

Question 29

Scalp hair grows__________on women than on men.

Answer 29

Faster.

Question 30

Which hair growth phase signals the end of the growth phase?

Answer 30

Catagen

Question 31

Does scalp massage affect hair growth?

Answer 31

No

Question 32

True or false: | Compared to pigmented hair gray hair is neither coarser nor more resistant.

Answer 32

True!

Question 33

What shape are cross sections of hair?

Answer 33

They could be almost any shape

Question 34

What percentage of both men and women by age 35 show some degree of hair loss?

Answer 34

40%

Question 35

Finasteride is an oral prescription medication for hair loss that is meant for whom

Answer 35

Men only

Question 36

Congenital canaties manifests when?

Answer 36

At or before birth

Question 37

Dandruff can easily be mistaken for what?

Answer 37

Dry scalp

Question 38

Dandruff is believed to be caused by a?

Answer 38

Fungus

Question 39

The most frequently encountered fungal infection resulting from hair services is?

Answer 39

Tinea Barbae

Question 40

Tinea is characterized by:

Answer 40

Itching

Question 41

The infestation of hair and scalp with head lice is called?

Answer 41

Pediculosis Capitis

Question 42

A carbuncle is similar to a furnuncle but is different how?

Answer 42

Larger

Question 43

True or false: Fine hair is thicker and harder to process then course or medium hair.

Answer 43

False.

Question 44

True or false: Coarse hair is stronger than fine hair.

Answer 44

True

Question 45

What is the outer most layer of the hair?

Answer 45

Hair cuticle

Question 46

The oil glands of the skin that are connected to the hair follicles are the what glands?

Answer 46

Sebaceous

Question 47

What is the bond that is a physical bond easily broken by water or heat?

Answer 47

Hydrogen

Question 48

What is the approximate percentage of protein that makes up Hair?

Answer 48

90%

Question 49

Total scalp hair loss is known as what?

Answer 49

Alopecia totalis

Question 50

Hypertrichosis is also known as?

Answer 50

Hirsuties

Question 51

The naturally occurring fungus that causes the symptoms of dandruff when it goes out of control it’s called what?

Answer 51

Malasezzia

Question 52

What is the name of the lowest part of a hair strand?

Answer 52

Hair bulb.

Question 53

What is the technical term for beaded hair?

Answer 53

Monilethrix

Question 54

What is the name of the highly contagious skin disease caused by a parasite called it might that burrows under the skin?

Answer 54

Scabies

Question 55

The term for the spiral shape of a coiled protein is?

Answer 55

Helix

Question 56

What effect on hair growth does shaving clipping and cutting the hair of the head have?

Answer 56

It has no effect on her growth.

Question 57

Dry, sulfer-yellow, cup like crusts on the scalp are called?

Answer 57

Wheals

Question 58

The______, ________ and _________are part of the integumentary system.

Answer 58

Hair, glands and nails.

Question 59

What is the technical term for knotted hair?

Answer 59

Hypertrichosis

Question 60

What is the name of the inner most layer of the hair?

Answer 60

The medulla

Question 61

I Hair that forms in a circular pattern on the crown of the head is called?

Answer 61

Whorl

Question 62

A part of the hair located below the surface of the epidermis is the?

Answer 62

Hair root

Question 63

A tuft of hair that stands straight up is called a?

Answer 63

Cowlick

Question 64

The ability of the hair to absorb moisture is called?

Answer 64

Hair porosity.

Question 65

The middle layer of the hair is called the?

Answer 65

The cortex

Question 66

An auto immune disorder that causes affected hair follicles to be mistakenly attacked by a person’s own immune system is called what?

Answer 66

Androgenic alopecia

Question 67

Vellus hair is also known as what?

Answer 67

Lanugo hair

Question 68

The medical term for ringworm is what?

Answer 68

Tinea