hair Flashcards
(138 cards)
HAIR IS MADE OF DEAD PROTEIN
KNOWN AS
KERATIN
HAIR CONSISTS OF 2 PARTS:
HAIR SHAFT
HAIR ROOT/FOLLICLE
PART WHICH IS SEEN OUTSIDE SCALP
HAIR SHAFT
PART WHICH IS INSIDE SCALP
HAIR ROOT/FOLLICLE
IT IS THE PART WHICH HOLDS HAIR
HAIR FOLLICLE
HAIR FOLLICLE HAS
HAIR BULB
HAIR BULB CONTAINS
PAPILLA
IT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO FOLLICLE
PAPILLA
ABOVE PAPILLA THERE ARE
GERMINATIVE CELLS
THESE CELLS ARE CONTINUOUSLY GETTING GENERATED AND FORMS HAIR
GERMINATIVE CELLS
Produce sebum that coats the hair and skin
Sebaceous glands
When this muscle contracts, it causes hair to stand up.
Arrector pili muscle
• translucent, allowing light to penetrate the cortex pigments;
• acts as a barrier;
Cuticle
• regulates the water content of the hair fiber;
• luster and the texture of hair; and
• target for hair conditioning products
Cuticle
• major component of the hair shaft;
• mechanical properties of the hair fiber, including strength, elasticity, and curliness
Cortex
• contains the pigment, melanin
• affects the color and shape of the hair fiber
Cortex
• It is viewed as a framework of keratin supporting thin shells of amorphous material bonding air spaces of variable size.
Medulla
Medulla is also known as:
Core
• The medulla does not really do anything, but its DNA tells us from which species it comes
(Growth Phase)
Nourishment of hair follicle via blood supply enables hair growth
Anagen
__mm every 3 days. Anagen lasts for __ years. The longer the anagen phase, the longer the hair is able to grow.
1
2-6
(Transiton phase)
Hair follicle detatches from nourishing blood supply
Catagen
Catagen lasts between ___ weeks, cell division stops, the follicle tube shrinks, and ___ production stops in this phase.
2 and 3
Melanin
(Resting phase)
Without nourishment the hair dies and falls out
Telogen