THE STRUCTURE OF HAIR
THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF HAIR
HAIRLOSS
DISORDERS OF THE SCALP
DISORDERS OF THE HAIR
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AN APPENDAGE OF THE SKIN IN THE FORM OF A SLENDER, THREADLIKE OUTGROWTH OF THE SKIN AND SCALP.
What is HAIR
100
THE PROTEIN IN HUMAN HAIR IS MADE OF CHEMICAL UNITS CALLED
What is AMINO ACIDS
100
THE NORMAL LOSS OF SCALP HAIR OCCURRING IN AGE. THE LOSS OF HAIR IS PERMANENT.
What is ALOPECIA SENILIS
100
AN MORE SEVERE FORM OF DANDRUFF THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN ACCUMULATION OF GREASY OR WAXY SCALES MIXED WITH SEBUM.
What is PITYRIASIS STEATOIDES
100
EXISTS AT OR BEFORE BIRTH
What is CONGENITAL CANITIES
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A TUBE LIKE DEPRESSION OR POCKET IN THE SKIN OR SCALP THAT ENCASES THE HAIR ROOT.
What is FOLLICLE
200
THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT IN THE HAIR STRAND ALSO DESCRIBED AS STRAIGHT , WAVY , CURLY , OR EXTREMELY CURLY.
What is WAVE PATTERN
200
A TOPICAL TREATMENT THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO STIMULATE HAIR GROWTH.
What is MONOXIDIL
200
THE MEDICAL TERM FOR RINGWORM
What is TINEA
200
THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR KNOTTED HAIR.
What is TRICHORRHEXIS NODOSA
300
A SMALL CONE-SHAPED ELEVATION AT THE BASE OF THE HAIR FOLLICLE THAT FITS INTO THE HAIR BULB.
What is DERMAL PAPILLA
300
PROVIDES BROWN AND BLACK COLOR TO HAIR.
What is EUMELANIN
300
THE NON-INFLAMED BALD AREAS LOOK MOLTED OR MOTH- EATEN AND MAY ALSO AFFECT THE BEARD AND EYEBROW AREAS. THE HAIR USUALLY GROWS BACK
What is ALOPECIA SYPHILITICA
300
COMMONLY KNOW AS RINGWORM OF THE SCALP.
What is TINEA CAPITIS
300
THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR GREY HAIR .
What is CANITIES
400
THAT PORTION OF HAIR ENCLOSED WITHIN THE FOLLICLE BENEATH THE SKINS SURFACE.
What is HAIR ROOT
400
A LONG CHAIN OF AMINO ACIDS JOINED BY PEPTIDE BONDS IS CALLED A( AN )
What is POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN
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THE SUDDEN FALLING OUT OF HAIR IN ROUND PATCHES THAT CREATE BALD SPOTS.
What is ALOPECIA AREATA
400
THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR CLASSIC DANDRUFF, CHARACTERIZED BY SCALP IRRITATION, LARGE FLAKES , AND ITCHY SCALP.
What is PITYRIASIS CAPITIS SIMPLEX
400
THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR BEADED HAIR. THE HAIR BREAKS EASILY BETWEEN THE NODES: TREATMENTS INCLUDE HAIR AND SCALP CONDITIONING.
What is MONILETHRIX
500
THE PORTION OF THE HAIR WE SEE EXTENDING ABOVE THE SKIN SURFACE.
What is HAIR SHAFT
500
A SPECIAL TYPE OF IONIC BOND THAT IS EASILY BROKEN BY WATER OR HEAT
What is HYDROGEN BOND
500
THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR ABNORMAL HAIR LOSS.
What is ALOPECIA
500
THE COMMON DISORDERS OF THE SCALP INCLUDE FUNGAL INFECTIONS ( TINEA ), ANIMAL PARASITIC INFESTATIONS, AND
What is STAPHYLOCOCCI INFECTIONS
500
THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR BRITTLE HAIR . THE HAIRS MAY SPLIT AT ANY PART OF THE HAIR
What is FRAGILITAS
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