Parts of Hair
Growth of Hair
Testing Hair
Types of Fibers
Testing Fibers
100
part of the hair strand in the very center
What is the medulla?
100
Stage of hair when it is ready to fall out.
What is telogen?
100
True or False: the cortex is what is used to tell animal hairs apart from human hairs
What is false?
100
Fibers can be classified according to their _______
What is origin?
100
This test involves observing how different fibers behave in/near a flame.
What is the burn test?
200
part of the hair strand that contains cortical fusi and pigment
What is the cortex?
200
active growth phase
What is anagen?
200
clear nail polish is typically applied to a slide to look for the __________ pattern.
What is cuticle scale?
200
One of these does not belong: cotton, silk, acetate, wool.
What is acetate?
200
This test involves dyeing fabric
What is the stain test?
300
protein found in hair
What is keratin?
300
The hair's root is embedded within the _______.
What is follicle?
300
The shaft of the hair contains __________ DNA.
What is mitochondrial?
300
Long chains of simple molecules are called ______
What is a polymer?
300
This test involves applying different chemicals to the fibers.
What is the solvent test?
400
part of the hair strand on the very outside--made up of overlapping scales
What is the cuticle?
400
Stage where hair is no longer actively growing (intermediate stage)
What is catagen?
400
The 3 cuticle patterns are ______, ______, and ______.
What is coronal, spinous and imbricate?
400
Natural fibers can come from _____, _____, or ______.
What are animals, plants, or minerals?
400
This test involves magnifying fibers and observing each individual strand
What is the microscope test?
500
The human medulla can be________,________,and _________.
What is continuous, absent, and fragmented?
500
human hair grows approximately ________ per month
What is 1 cm?
500
Humans have this type of scale pattern:
What is imbricate?
500
Crosswise yarn is called the ______ while lengthwise yarn is called the ______.
What is weft, warp?
500
This test may be used to separate the individual components of a dye.
What is a chromatography test?
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