Hair

Question 1

Anogen phase

Answer 1

Growing phase- grows about 2 inches per month

Question 2

Catogen

Answer 2

Transition phase

Question 3

Telogen phase

Answer 3

Resting phase- 3-6 month phase *repeats every 4-5 Years

Question 4

Trichology

Answer 4

Study of hair

Question 5

Amino acids

Answer 5

Makes up hair 20 of them

Body produces 11

Question 6

Minoxidil

Answer 6

Topical treatment cream applied to help hair growth

Question 7

Finasteride

Answer 7

Oral treatment used to help hair growth

Question 8

Canities

Answer 8

Gray hair

Question 9

Tinea capitis

Answer 9

Red, popular, or spots, at the opening of hair follicles

Question 10

Trichoptilosis

Answer 10

Split ends

Question 11

Trichorrhexis Nadosa

Answer 11

Knotted hair; bitterness, nodular swellings along the hair shaft

Question 12

Vellus hair

Answer 12

Hair on body, short fine, hair, like on face

Question 13

Wave pattern

Answer 13

Wavy, straight, curly hair

Question 14

Whorl

Answer 14

Circular pattern hair

Question 15

Ionic bonds

Answer 15

Side bonds that are easily broken by alkaline or acidic solutions

Question 16

Melanin

Answer 16

Grains of pigment in the cortex that give natural color

Question 17

Eumelanin

Answer 17

Black or brown hair

Question 18

Pheomelanin

Answer 18

Red, ginger, blond hair

Question 19

Alopecia areata

Answer 19

Hair loss in patches

Question 20

Staphylococci

Answer 20

Furuncle-boil, acute, localized bacteria infection

Carbuncle

Question 21

3 layers

Answer 21

Cuticle
Cortex
Medulla

Question 22

Hair hulb

Answer 22

Club shaped structure that forms the lower part of the hair root

Question 23

Hair density

Answer 23

of individual hair strands 1 sq inch

Question 24

Elasticity

Answer 24

Hair to stretch

Question 25

Hair follicle

Answer 25

Tube like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root

Question 26

Hair texture

Answer 26

Thickness or diameter of the individual hair strand

Question 27

Keratinization

Answer 27

Process by which newly formed cells in the hair bulb mature, fill with the PROTEIN keratin, mice upward, lose nucleus, die

Question 28

Monilethrix

Answer 28

Beaded hair

Question 29

Pediculosis capitis

Answer 29

Head lice

Question 30

Peptide bond

Answer 30

Chemical bond that joins amino acids to each other

Question 31

Sebaceous glands

Answer 31

Oil in hair

Question 32

Dermal papilla

Answer 32

Cone shaped elevation located at the base of the hair follicle

Question 33

Arrector pili

Answer 33

Small, involuntary muscle.

Question 34

Carbon

Answer 34

51%

Question 35

Oxygen

Answer 35

21%

Question 36

Hydrogen

Answer 36

6%

Question 37

Nitrogen

Answer 37

17%

Question 38

Sulfur

Answer 38

5%

Question 39

Terminal hair

Answer 39

Hair on body

Question 40

Pityriasis capitis simplex

Answer 40

Dandruff and gets confused with dry scalp