Building Blocks of the Human Body
The control center of cell activities
What is the nucleus?
The outermost layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
The technical term for the study of hair
What is trichology?
The study of the structure, function and diseases of the muscles
What is myology?
The resting stage of hair growth when the hair bulb has no attached root sheath is referred to as
What is the telogen stage?
The process of building up larger molecules from smaller ones
What is anabolism?
The normal pH range of the skin
What is 4.5 to 5.5?
The hair follicle, the hairstrand, the arrector pili muscle and the sebaceous gland make up
What is the pilosebaceous unit?
The non-moving portion of the muscle attached to bone or another fixed muscle
What is the origin?
The follicle in straight hair is
What is round?
The body system that circulates blood through the body
What is the circulatory system?
The integumentary system of the body is made up of the skin, hair, nails and
What are glands?
Mitosis takes place in the area of the hair bulb called
What is the germinal matrix?
The muscle that is located outside the corners of the mouth and draws the mouth up and back, as in laughing
What is the zygomaticus?
The activity in which each cell absorbs food, grows in size and divides into two new cells
What is mitosis?
Groups of cells of the same kind make up
What are tissues?
Providing the skin with its strength and flexibility are the collagen and
What are elastin fibers?
The three major parts of the hairstrand are the cortex, medulla and
What is the cuticle?
To bring the fingers or toes together
What is adduction?
The key function of the melanocyte is to produce
What is melanin?
The body’s largest organ
What is the Skin?
Connective tissue is located
What is the Dermis?
Excessive amounts of terminal hair found in women in areas of the body where men usually get hair, such as the face, is a condition called
What is hirsutism?
Term that means "behind or in back of”
What is anterior?
The basic units of living matter
What are cells?