Hair Structure
Hair Facts
Hair Terms 1
Hair & Scalp
Hair Terms 2
100
What is the thin transparent outer layer of the hair?
What is the cuticle
100
The hair grows ______ inch per month.
What is 1/2 inch?
100
What is the protein substance the hair & nails are composed of?
What is Keratin?
100
What is the term for Baldness?
What is Alopecia?
100
The hair's ability to stretch and return to it's original shape.
What is Elasticity?
200
What is the Middle layer of the hair that contains the coloring matter and 80% of the hair's total weight?
What is the cortex
200
What is the term for Dandruff?
What is Pityriasis?
200
What is the coloring matter found in the cortex layer of the hair?
What is melanin?
200
The term for the ringworm.
What is tinea?
200
The hair's ability to absorb moisture is ___________.
What is Porosity?
300
What is the tube-like structure that contains the hair root?
What is Follicle
300
What is the study of the hair and its disorders?
What is Trichology?
300
What are the COHNS 5 major elements found in the hair & skin? Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen & ___________.
What is Sulfur?
300
Term for itch mite
What is Scabies?
300
The term for the amount of hair per square inch.
What is Density?
400
What are the 2 Main divisions of the hair?
What are the Root & Shaft?
400
What is the term for split ends?
What is Trichoptolosis?
400
What is the growth phase of the hair?
What is Anagen?
400
Head lice.
What is Pediculosis?
400
The 3 side bonds are salt, hydrogen and the Strongest is ______________
What is the Disulfide?
500
What is the club-shaped structure over the papilla?
What is the Bulb?
500
What is a person with no coloring matter?
What is an albino?
500
The Gland that secretes Oil or Sebum is the ___________.
What is the Sebaceous gland?
500
Whether the hair is coarse, medium or fine is referring to the hairs _____________.
What is the texture?
500
This bond is broken by Water & Heat.
What is Hydrogen?