Hair
Trichoptilosis is the scientific name for...
Split ends
Scientific name for male pattern baldness, which usually progresses to the familiar horseshoe shaped fringe of hair?
What is androgenic alopecia?
The number of hair on the head varies with the ____ of the hair.
What is color?
Name the three stages of the growth cycle in order.
What is anagen, catagen, and telogen?
What are canities?
grey hair.
Natural hair color is the result of the ___ found within the cortex.
What is melanin?
Dandruff is the result of..
Topical treatment scientifically proven to stimulate hair growth?
What is Minoxidil aka Rogaine?
During what cycle of hair growth is new hair grown?
Long, course hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and bodies of males and females is known as...
What is terminal hair?
Almost 40% of men and woman show some degree of hair loss by what age?
Overactive sebaceous glands that secrete too much sebum can cause what the scalp to become...?
What is Oily?
Protein is made up chemical units called...
What are amino acids?
Which stage of the hair cycle lasts the longest?
What is anagen?
Medical term for Ringworm is...
What is tinea?
____ is the result of bacterial or viral infection and is characterized by the inflammation or infection of one or more hair follicles?
What is folliculitis
An autoimmune disorder that causes the affected hair follicles to be mistakenly attacked by the person's own immune system.
The average number of hair per head.
How much is 100,000?
How often are eyebrow and eyelashes replaced?
How often is every 4 to 5 months?
___ is a chronic bacterial infection involving the areas surrounding the follicles of the beard and mustache areas. S___ V___.
What is sycosis vulgaris?
What percentage of the total weight of the hair comes from the cortex? A. less than 10% B.90% C.50% D.40%
How much is 90 %?
A condition of abnormal hair growth...
What is Hypertrichosis?
What is a carbuncle?
During what hair growth phase does the follicle shrink, the hair bulb disappear, and the shrunken root end form a rounded club?
What is catagen?
The term ___ ____ is applied most frequently to a folliculitis barbae condition.
What is barber's itch?