It is the part of the hair located below the surface of the scalp.
What is the hair root?
100
The chemical bond that joins amino acids to each other is called a _______________
What is a peptide bond?
100
It is the ability of the hair to stretch and return to its original length without breaking.
What is Hair elasticity?
100
____________ hair is short, fine, and downy.
What is Vellus or lanugo?
200
It is the portion of the hair that projects above the skin.
What is the hair shaft?
200
It is a physical bond, but is broken by changes in pH.
What is a salt bond?
200
It is the thickness or diameter of the individual hair strand.
What is Hair Texture?
200
___________ is the long, soft hair found on the scalp,legs, arms, and bodies of males and females.
What is terminal hair?
200
_______ ________ is temporary hair loss experienced at the conclusion of a pregnancy.
What is Postpartum alopecia?
300
It is the tube-like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root.
What is the follicle?
300
It is the tiny grains of pigment in the cortex that give natural color to the hair.
What is Melanin?
300
____________ is the ability of the hair to absorb moisture.
What is Hair porosity?
300
__________ or growth phase, new hair is produced.
What is anagen?
300
Abnormal hair loss is called ____________.
What is alopecia?
400
It is the middle layer of the hair.
What is the cortex?
400
It is the units of structure in protein, are linked together end to end like pop beads.
What is the amino acids?
400
A _______ is hair that forms in a circular pattern, as on the crown.
What is a whorl?
400
The _______ phase is the brief transition period between the growth and resting phases of a hair follicle.
What is catagen?
400
________ _______ is characterized by the sudden falling out of hair in round patches or baldness in spots, and may occur on the scalp and elsewhere on the body.
What is Alopecia areata?
500
It is the innermost layer.
What is the medulla?
500
The living cells mature, the process is called ___________.
What is keratinization?
500
______ _______ measures the number of individual hair strands on one square inch.
What is Hair density?
500
The _______ or resting phase is the final phase in the hair cycle and lasts until the fully grown hair is shed.
What is telogen?
500
___________ _________ or androgenetic alopecia is the result of genetics, age, and hormonal changes that cause miniaturization of terminal hair converting it to vellus hair.