Properties Of The Hair And Scalp

Front 1

Name the five main structures of the hair root.

Back 1

The hair follicle
The hair bulb
The Dermal papilla
The arrector pili
Sebaceous glands

Front 2

Name the three main layers of the hair shaft.

Back 2

cuticle
cortex
medulla

Front 3

The ________________is the outer most layer of the hair shaft.

Back 3

cuticle

Front 4

This layer of the hair shaft has round cells and is the innermost layer. What is it?

Back 4

medulla

Front 5

The cortex is the middle layer and is responsible for the elasticity and ____________.

Back 5

color

Front 6

Chemical composition of hair is composed of protein.
True or False

Back 6

True

Front 7

Melanin are tiny grains of pigment located in the cortex.
The two types of melanin are eumelanin and pheomelanin.
True or False

Back 7

True

Front 8

There are five phases that are repeated over and over again throughout life. This is hair growth.
True or False

Back 8

False

Front 9

hair growth is faster in women than in men.
True or False

Back 9

True

Front 10

The three hair growth stages are the anagen, the catagen, and the _____________ stages.

Back 10

telogen

Front 11

Hair loss can be normal as in heredity, or abnormal as in________________.

Back 11

medical.

Front 12

Canities, Ringed hair, Hypertrichosis, and Monilethrix are three of the six disorders of the hair. Name the rest.

Back 12

Fragilitas
Trichorrhexis nodosa
Trichoptilosis

Front 13

Can you give service to a client with a disorder of the scalp? If so which?

Back 13

Only dandruff not accompanied by redness and inflammation.

Front 14

Hair texture can be classified as coarse, medium, or fine. Hair texture is the thickness or diameter of the individual hair strand. Can it vary from strand to strand on one person's head?

Back 14

yes

Front 15

When preforming hair analysis you have to consider texture, density, porosity, and __________________.

Back 15

elasticity