Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Anagen |
First stage of hait growth during which new hair is produced. |
|
Catagen |
Second transition stage of hair growth; in the catagen stage, the hair shaft grows upward and detaches itself from the bulb. |
|
Depilation |
Process of removing hair at skin level. |
|
Depilatory |
Substance, usually a caustic alkali preparation, used for temporarily removing superfluous hair by dissolving it at skin level. |
|
Electrolysis |
Removal of hair by means of an electric current that destroys the hair root. |
|
Epilation |
Removes hairs from the follicles; waxing or tweezing. |
|
Hair bulb |
Swelling at the base of the follicle that provides the hair with nourishment; it is a thick, club-shaped structure that forms the lower part of the hair root. |
|
Hair follicle |
Mass of epidermal cells forming a small tube, or canal; the tube-like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root. |
|
Hair papilla (plural: papillae) |
Cone-shaped elevations at the base of the follicle that fit into the hair bulb. The papillae are filled with tissue that contains the blood vessels and cells necessary for hair growth and follicle nourishment. |
|
Hair root |
Anchers hair to the skin cells and is part of the hair located at the bottom of the follicle below the surface to the skin; part of the hair that lies within the follicle at its base, where the hair grows |
|
Hair shaft |
Portion of the hair that extands or projects beyond the skin, consisting of the outer layer (cuticle), inner layer (medulla), and middle layer (cortex). Color changes haopen in the cortex. |
|
Hirsutism |
Growth of an unusual amount of hair are parts of the body normally bearing on the downy hair, such as the face, arms and legs of women on the backs of men. |
|
Hypertrichosis |
Also known as hirsuties; condition of abnormal growth of the hair, characterized by the growth of the terminal hair and areas of the body that normally grow only vellus hair. |
|
Lanugo |
The hair on the fetus; soft and downy hair. |
|
Laser hair removal |
Photoepilation a hair reduction treatment in which laser beam is pulsed on the skin using one wavelength at a time, impairing hair growth; an intense pulse of electromagnetic radiation. |
|
Photoepulation |
Also known as intense pulsed light (IPL); Permanent hair removel treatment that uses intense light to destroy the growth cell of the hair follicles. |
|
Pilisebaceous unit |
The hair unit that contains the hair follicle and appendages: the hair root, bulb, dermal papilla, sebaceous appendage, and arrector pili muscle. |
|
Sugaring |
Ancient method of hair removel. The original recipe is a mixture of sugar, lemon juice, and water that is heated to form a syrup, molded into a ball, and pressed onto the skin and then quickly stripped away. |
|
Telogen |
Also known as resting phase; the final phase in the hair cycle that lasts until the fully grown hair shed. |
|
Threading |
Also known as banding; method of hair removal; cotton thread is twisted and rolled along the surface of the skin, entwining hair in the thread and lifting it out of the follicle. |
|
Trichology |
Scientific study of hair and its diseases and care. |
|
Vellus hair |
Also known as lanugo hair; short, fine, unpigmented downy hair that appears on the body, with the exception of the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. |