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Alopecia |
Abnormal hair loss |
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Alopecia Areata |
Hair follicles that are mistakenly attacked by the Immune system |
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Alopecia totalis |
Total loss of scalp hair |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of body hair |
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Amino acids |
Units hook need together by chemical peptide bonds to help comprise proteins |
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Anagen phase |
Growth phase of hair |
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Antigenic phase |
Terminal Hair converted to vellus hair |
Aka male pattern baldness |
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Arrector pili muscle |
Involuntary muscle at the base of the hair follicle |
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Another term for canities |
Gray hair |
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Catagen phase |
Transition from growing to resting |
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What are the COHNS elements? |
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur |
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Cortex |
Middle layer of hair |
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Cow lick |
Tuft of hair that stands straight up |
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Another term for fragilitas crinium |
Brittle hair |
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Furuncle |
Boil |
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Hair bulb |
Lowest part of the hair root |
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Hair cuticle |
Outermost layer of hair |
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Hair elasticity |
Ability of hair to stretch and return to original length with our breaking |
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Hair porosity |
Ability of hair to absorb moisture |
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Hair root |
Past of hair located below the surface of the epidermis |
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Hair shaft |
The part of hair that can be seen |
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Hair stream |
Hair flowing in the same direction |
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Hair texture |
Thickness of individual strand |
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Hydrogen bond |
Weak boind broken by water or heat |
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Hypertrichosis |
Growth of terminal hair in places only vellus hair would usually grow |
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Medulla |
Inner most layer of hair |
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Another word for monilethrix |
Beaded hair |
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Pediculosis capitis |
Infestation of head lice |
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Another term for pityriasis |
Dandruff |
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Postpartum alopecia |
Temporary hair loss after pregnancy |
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Ringed hair |
Alternating bands of gray and pigmented hair through out strand type of canities |
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Telogen phase |
Resting phase of hair |
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Terminal hair |
Long, course, pigmented hair |
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Another word for tinea |
Ringworm |
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Another term for trichoptilosis |
Split ends |
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Another term for trichorrhexis nodosa |
Knotted hair |
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Vellus hair |
Short,fine unpigmented, downy hair |
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Examples of wave pattern |
Straight, wavy, curly, extremely curly |
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Whorl |
Hair thst forms in a circular patern around the head |
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