Hair strands
Outermost layer of the hair?
Cuticle
What three hair properties is the cortex responsible for?
What are the two main types of hair found on the body?
What is vellus and terminal
what is the average rate of hair loss per day?
What is 35-40 hairs
what are the three classifications of hair texture?
What is course, medium, and fine
Which layer of the hair is the cortex?
What is the maturation process of hair cells called?
What is keratinization
Where is terminal hair found?
What is scalp, legs, arms and bodies
what is abnormal hair loss called?
what is alopecia?
what hair texture has the largest diameter?
What is coarse hair
What are the three main layers of the hair shaft?
What is hair cuticle, cortex, and medulla
The strong chemical bond that joins amino acids
What is polypeptide chain
What hair is short, fine and unpigmented?
at what age do men and women show some degree of hair loss?
what hair texture is most common?
what is medium
What does a healthy cuticle layer protect?
What is protects hair from damage
What are the tiny grains of pigment in the cortex called?
What is melanin
What hair is long, course and pigmented?
What is terminal
what is the autoimmune disorder that causes affected hair follicles to be mistakenly attacked called?
what is alopecia areata
how many strands of hair does the average head contain?
what is 100,000
Approximately what percentage of the hair comes from the cortex?
What is 90%
What are the main elements that make up human hair?
What is carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulfur
Where is vellus hair found?
What is usually hairless places
what is male pattern baldness called?
what hair color typically has the lowest density?
what is red hair