Chapter 12 Flashcards
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Follicle
Structure within which hair grows
roughly cylindrical tube with larger pit
Hair made of
Keratin
Keratinization
hardening process of hair
hair muscles called
Pili Arrector
Growth phase Anagen
active growing
new cells, pushes up hair shaft
produce melanin
Resting phase Catagen
no more cells
root into bulb shape
resting phase telogen
no more cell, root help in place
Forcible removal?
root stretches and follicular tissue attached
anatomy of a hair
root
shaft
rip
root
portion was in follicle
shaft
main portion of hair
tip
distal-most portion
Micro anatomy
cuticle
cortex
medulla
Cuticle
spindle-shaped cells called fusiform
Imbricate
scale pattern of human
bubbles in cortex
cortical fusi
ovoid bodies
large pigment granules
cortical or medullary disruptions
small explosion in middle of hair
Guard hairs
still hair’s on animals
shield
Vibrissa
whiskers
buckling
abrupt change in direction kf hair
shouldering
asymmetrical cross-sections of hair
three main ancestral groups
europeans
african
asian
Pili annulati
hair’s with colored rinfs