STATE BOARD WRITTEN (SCALP AND HAIR CARE) STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS, ALL VOCABULARY AVAILABLE!!

STATE BOARD WRITTEN (SCALP AND HAIR CARE) STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS, ALL VOCABULARY AVAILABLE!!
Trichology
Answers:Study of hair
Hair root


Answers:The part of the hair contained within the follicle, below the surface of the
scalp.
Hair fiber


Answers:Portion of the hair that extends above the skins surface
Three shapes of follicles


Answers:Round (straight hair), Oval (wavy hair), Elliptical (curly hair)
papillar


Answers:Filled with capillaries that supply nourishment to the cells around it
Medulla


Answers:Central core of hair shaft
Cortex


Answers:Inside of second layer of the hair shaft
Cuticle


Answers:Outer covering of the hair shaft

, Keratinization


Answers:process where cells change their shape, dry out & form keratin protein.
Once keratin cells that form hair fibers or strands are no longer alive
Three major layers


Answers:Medulla, cortex, cuticle
Three stages of growth


Answers:anagen, catagen, telogen
Anagen


Answers:(first stage) active growing, attached root sheath
Catagen


Answers:(second stage) transitional, cell division stops
Telogen


Answers:(third stage) resting stage, no attached root sheath
Canities


Answers:gray hair
Congenital canities


Answers:Exists before birth, occurs in albinos
Acquired canities