NEW COSMETOLOGY STATE BOARD ACTUAL
EXAM WITH Q&A GRADED A+ TESTED AND
APPROVED!!!
The chemical bond that joins amino acids to each other is called -- ANSWER--
peptide bond
In the cortex, a side bond that is easily broken by strong, alkaline, or acidic
solution --
ANSWER--salt bond
The cortex contains coloring matter in the form of mini grains of this or pigment
--
ANSWER--Melanin
Pheomelanin provides natural hair colors from___to yellow and blonde tones --
ANSWER-red/ginger
The shape of a hair strand, described as straight, wavy, curly or extremely curly,
is known as -- ANSWER--Wave patterns
Short, fine, Downey unpigmented hair is known as -- ANSWER--vellus hair
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,What place on the body would normally include vellus hair -- ANSWER--
Eyelids
Long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and bodies of
males and females. -- ANSWER--Terminal hair
All hair follicles have the same structure and cycle through the same three
phases, which are - ANSWER--Antigen, catagen, and telegen
Depressions running across the width of the nail plate or known as --
ANSWER--Beau's lines
Can't be preformed on in the salom -- ANSWER--onychocryptosis(ingrown toe
nail)
Also known as bitten nails; result of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the
hardened skin surrounding the nail plate., sage to work one in the salon. --
ANSWER--Onychophagy
Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough
appearance to the surface of the nail plate. -- ANSWER--Onychorrhexis
Stretching of the skin by the nail plate. -- ANSWER--pterygium
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,Paronychia, which affects the tissues surrounding the nail, is -- ANSWER--
Bacterial inflammation
Nail disorders, formally, called molds, characterized by discoloration between
the nail plate in the artificial nails, or actually caused by -- ANSWER--Bacteria
A mature strand of human hair is divided into two principal parts known as the -
- ANSWER-Hair root and hair shaft
a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair -- ANSWER--hair follicle
Lowest part of the hair strand -- ANSWER--hair bulb
A small, cone-shaped area at the base of the hair follicle that fits into the hair
bulb -- ANSWER--dermal papilla
secrete sebum (oil) into the hair follicles where the hair shafts pass through the
dermis -- ANSWER--sebaceous glands
smooth muscle attached to follicle, responsible for "goose bumps" -- ANSWER-
-arrector pili
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, Of the 20 amino acids that make up hair, a person must obtain this many of the
essential amino acids from daily diet -- ANSWER--Nine
The three main layers of the hair shaft are -- ANSWER--The cuticle, the cortex,
and the medulla
Study of hair -- ANSWER--Trichology
A pigment that gives the skin and hair its color -- ANSWER--Melanin
As newly formed cells, mature, they fill up with this fibrous white, then, move
upward, lose their nucleus, and die. -- ANSWER--Protein
The percent of the element carbon in normal hair -- ANSWER--51
The percent of oxygen in normal hair -- ANSWER--21
In the make up of normal human hair, what COHNS element is present in the
lowest percentage -- ANSWER--Sulfur
A bacterium that can cause nail infections when artificial products such as tips
and wraps are applied under unclean conditions -- ANSWER--Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
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EXAM WITH Q&A GRADED A+ TESTED AND
APPROVED!!!
The chemical bond that joins amino acids to each other is called -- ANSWER--
peptide bond
In the cortex, a side bond that is easily broken by strong, alkaline, or acidic
solution --
ANSWER--salt bond
The cortex contains coloring matter in the form of mini grains of this or pigment
--
ANSWER--Melanin
Pheomelanin provides natural hair colors from___to yellow and blonde tones --
ANSWER-red/ginger
The shape of a hair strand, described as straight, wavy, curly or extremely curly,
is known as -- ANSWER--Wave patterns
Short, fine, Downey unpigmented hair is known as -- ANSWER--vellus hair
Page 1 of 122
,What place on the body would normally include vellus hair -- ANSWER--
Eyelids
Long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and bodies of
males and females. -- ANSWER--Terminal hair
All hair follicles have the same structure and cycle through the same three
phases, which are - ANSWER--Antigen, catagen, and telegen
Depressions running across the width of the nail plate or known as --
ANSWER--Beau's lines
Can't be preformed on in the salom -- ANSWER--onychocryptosis(ingrown toe
nail)
Also known as bitten nails; result of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the
hardened skin surrounding the nail plate., sage to work one in the salon. --
ANSWER--Onychophagy
Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough
appearance to the surface of the nail plate. -- ANSWER--Onychorrhexis
Stretching of the skin by the nail plate. -- ANSWER--pterygium
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,Paronychia, which affects the tissues surrounding the nail, is -- ANSWER--
Bacterial inflammation
Nail disorders, formally, called molds, characterized by discoloration between
the nail plate in the artificial nails, or actually caused by -- ANSWER--Bacteria
A mature strand of human hair is divided into two principal parts known as the -
- ANSWER-Hair root and hair shaft
a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair -- ANSWER--hair follicle
Lowest part of the hair strand -- ANSWER--hair bulb
A small, cone-shaped area at the base of the hair follicle that fits into the hair
bulb -- ANSWER--dermal papilla
secrete sebum (oil) into the hair follicles where the hair shafts pass through the
dermis -- ANSWER--sebaceous glands
smooth muscle attached to follicle, responsible for "goose bumps" -- ANSWER-
-arrector pili
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, Of the 20 amino acids that make up hair, a person must obtain this many of the
essential amino acids from daily diet -- ANSWER--Nine
The three main layers of the hair shaft are -- ANSWER--The cuticle, the cortex,
and the medulla
Study of hair -- ANSWER--Trichology
A pigment that gives the skin and hair its color -- ANSWER--Melanin
As newly formed cells, mature, they fill up with this fibrous white, then, move
upward, lose their nucleus, and die. -- ANSWER--Protein
The percent of the element carbon in normal hair -- ANSWER--51
The percent of oxygen in normal hair -- ANSWER--21
In the make up of normal human hair, what COHNS element is present in the
lowest percentage -- ANSWER--Sulfur
A bacterium that can cause nail infections when artificial products such as tips
and wraps are applied under unclean conditions -- ANSWER--Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
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