Fundamentals CH 11 Key Terms

Question 1

The first stage of hair growth during which new hair is produced.

Answer 1

Anagen

Question 2

The correct professional and anatomical term for the underarm; the region between the arm and the thoracic wall.

Answer 2

Axilla

Question 3

A modality of electrolysis combining alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC).

Answer 3

Blend (electrolysis)

Question 4

Type of hard wax used to modify the melting point and provide increased strength to hard depilatory wax

Answer 4

Candelilla

Question 5

Type of hard wax used to modify the melting point and provide increased strength to hard depilatory wax

Answer 5

Carnauba

Question 6

Second transition stage of hair growth, in this phase, the hair shaft grows upward and detaches itself from the bulb.

Answer 6

Catagen

Question 7

Process of removing hair at the skin level

Answer 7

Depilation

Question 8

Substance, usually a caustic alkali preparation, used for temporarily removing superfluous hair by dissolving it at the skin level.

Answer 8

Depilatory

Question 9

Removal of hair by means of an electric current that destroys the hair root.

Answer 9

Electrolysis

Question 10

Removes hairs from the follicles; waxing or tweezing.

Answer 10

Epilation

Question 11

Direct current (DC) utilized in electrolysis

Answer 11

Galvanic electrolysis

Question 12

The area between the eyebrows at the top of the nose

Answer 12

Glabella

Question 13

An additive in soft wax

Answer 13

Gum rosin

Question 14

Swelling at the base of the follicle that provides the hair with nourishment; it is a thick club-shaped structure that forms the lower part of the hair root

Answer 14

Hair bulb

Question 15

Mass of epidermal cells forming a small tube, or canal; the tube-like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root.

Answer 15

Hair follicle

Question 16

Cone-shaped elevations at the base of the follicle that fit into the hair bulb; the papillae are filled with tissue that contains the blood vessels and cells necessary for hair growth and follicle nourishment

Answer 16

Hair papilla (plural: papillae)

Question 17

Anchors hair to the skin cells and is part of the hair located at the bottom of the follicle below the surface of the skin; part of the hair that lies within the follicle at its base, where the hair grows

Answer 17

Hair root

Question 18

Potion of the hair that extends or projects beyond the skin, consisting of the outer layer (cuticle), inner layer (medulla), and middle layer (cortex); color changes happen in the cortex

Answer 18

Hair shaft

Question 19

The hair on a fetus; soft and downy hair

Answer 19

Lanugo

Question 20

Photoepilation hair reduction treatment where laser beam is pulsed on skin using one wavelength at a time, impairing hair growth; intense pulse of electromagnetic radiation

Answer 20

Laser hair removal

Question 21

A resin used in the manufacture of soft wax

Answer 21

Rosin

Question 22

Ancient method of hair removal; original recipe is sugar, lemon juice and water heated to form syrup, molded into ball, and pressed onto skin, then quickly stripped away

Answer 22

Sugaring

Question 23

A group of symptoms, when combined, characterize a disease or disorder

Answer 23

Syndrome

Question 24

Resting phase; final phase in hair cycle lasting until fully grown hair is shed

Answer 24

Telogen

Question 25

Longer coarse hair found on the head, face & body

Answer 25

Terminal hair

Question 26

Banding; hair removal; cotton thread is twisted and rolled along skin surface, entwining hair in the thread and lifting it out of the follicle.

Answer 26

Threading

Question 27

Scientific study of the hair and its diseases and care

Answer 27

Trichology

Question 28

Also lanugo hair; short, fine, unpigmented downy hair that appears on the body, except for the palms of hands and soles of feet.

Answer 28

Vellus hair

Question 29

The border of the lip line

Answer 29

Vermillion border