Hair Shaft
Composition
Discover Hair
Growth
Disorders
100
The outermost layer of the hair?

Cuticle

100

Hair is approximately_______percent protein.

90%

100

_________– provides dark brown/black color

Eumelanin

100

The growing phase of the growth cycle is?

Anagen

100

Abnormal hair loss is called___________.

alopecia

200

The middle layer of the hair. Where everything happens!

CORTEX

200

The protein is made up of long chains of amino
acids, which are_____________

elements

200

__________– provides yellow to red/ginger color

Pheomelanin

200

The transition phase of the growth phase is?

Catagen

200

What is the technical term for gray hair?

canities

300

The innermost layer of the hair shaft

Medulla

300

The major elements that make up human hair are carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur, referred to as the ______elements.

COHNS

300

__________– portion of the hair that projects above the epidermis

Hair shaft

300

The resting phase of the growth cycle is?

Telogen 

300

A highly contagious skin disease caused by a parasite called a mite that burrows under the skin

scabies

400

Does everyone have ALL three parts of the hair shaft?

NO-some people do not have a medulla

400

These ______ elements are also found in skin and nails.

5

400

_________ – the part of the hair located below the surface of the epidermis

Hair root

400

___________short, fine, downy, unpigmented hair on body

Vellus hair

400

Pediculosis capitis is a contagious condition caused by_____________

LICE

500

Is having a medulla important when it comes to haircolor?

No-not at all

500

Newly formed cells mature, they fill up with a fibrous protein called _________. 



keratin

500

_________– the scientific study of hair, its diseases, and its care

Trichology

500

__________long, thick, pigmented hair found on scalp, legs, arms, and body

Terminal hair

500

The technical term for ringworm

TINEA