REMOVAL EXAMPREP QUESTIONS
ANSWERS COMPLETE REVIEW MATERIAL
GUARANTEED PASS
●● Define trichology
Answer: the study of hair and its disease
●● define hair follicle
Answer: mass of epidermal cells forming a small tube, or canal
●● What is a pilosebaceous unit
Answer: contains the hair follicle and its appendages
●● define follicular canal
Answer: lined with epidermal tissue
●● define hair root
Answer: anchors hair to the skin cells and is part of the hair at the
bottom of the follicle
●● define hair bulb
, Answer: thick, club-shaped structure forming the base of the hair follicle
●● Define Hair Papilla
Answer: cone-shaped elevation of connective tissue that contains nerves
located at the base of the follicle
●● define hair shaft
Answer: part of the hair located above the surface of the skin
●● Define sebaceous glands
Answer: secretes the substance called sebum, helps keep the skin supple
and waterproof and protects the skin
●● What do arrector pili muscles do
Answer: contracts when body is cold and creates goosebumps
●● Define lanugo hair
Answer: The hair on a fetus; soft and downy hair
●● Define vellus hair
Answer: found in areas that are not covered by larger coarse terminal
hairs (peach fuzz)