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100
The tube-like structure the hair comes up thru.
What is the follicle?
100
The growth phase of hair growth.
What is anagen?
100
Ringworm
What is tinea?
100
The widest texture of hair.
What is coarse?
100
Dandruff
What is pityriasis?
200
The transparent outer layer of the hair.
What is cuticle?
200
The middle layer of the hair that contains the coloring matter/pigment.
What is the cortex?
200
Baldness
What is alopecia?
200
Gray hair.
What is canities?
200
Lice
What is pediculosis?
300
The diameter of the individual hair strand.
What is texture?
300
The hair's ability to absorb moisture/chemicals.
What is porosity?
300
The bond that is broken by wet sets, (heat/water)
What is hydrogen?
300
Itch mite.
What is scabies?
300
The opposite of porous hair.
What is resistant hair?
400
The coloring pigment found in the cortex layer of the hair.
What is melanin?
400
The hair's ability to stretch and return to it's original shape without breaking.
What is elasticity?
400
The study of hair and it's diseases.
What is trichology?
400
The protein substance the hair and nails are composed of.
What is keratin?
400
The 2 divisions of the hair are the root and the _____.
What is shaft?
500
The maturing process of the hair.
What is keratinization?
500
The amount of hair per square inch.
What is density?
500
Split ends.
What is trichoptilosis?
500
The gland that produces oil/sebum.
What is the sebaceous gland?
500
Abnormal hair growth.
What is hypertrichosis?