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Definition of cosmetology |
The art and science of beatifying and improving skin, nails, and hair. The study of cosmetics and their application. |
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Describe Charles Nesslers invention |
The first perm machine that used electrical currents to metal rods |
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Where does the term cosmetology come from? |
Greek word kosmetikos meaning skilled in cosmetics |
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What is emotional stability? |
Handling confrontations and emotions professionally |
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Personality |
Understanding, empathy, and acceptance |
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List benefits of continuing education |
Stay current with trends, info, techniques, and skills |
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Sensitivity |
A combo of understanding, empathy, and acceptance |
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What is hypersensitivity disorder |
Allergies of the immune system |
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Natural immunity |
Inheriting a resistance for a particular disease from your mom |
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What is a patch test |
Identifies possible allergies in a client |
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The most important thing to do when working with a pregnant client |
Review chemical labels |
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Ergonomic bad habit |
Gripping or squeezing implements too tightly |
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When lifting something, how many inches away should it be from your body |
No more than 18 inches |
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What is another name for communication skills |
Soft skills |
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Professional image |
The impression projected by outward appearance and conduct |
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What is the percent of unconscious communication |
98 |
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Personal hygiene |
Daily maintenance of cleanliness and healthfulness through certain daily practices |
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What does a good work ethic involve |
Taking pride in your work and commitment to doing excellent work |
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Give examples of personal grooming habits |
How you dress and take care of your hair, skin and nails |
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Reflective listening |
Listening and then repeating in your own words what you think the client said |
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What is the basis of all long lasting relationships with clients and coworkers |
Communication |
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What is the most important communication you will have with your client |
Client consultation |
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Put your client at ease about your technical abilities by using |
Personal portfolio |
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List examples of viruses |
Chicken pox, measles, and mumps |
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What does the EPA register |
Disinfectants |
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Bacteria |
Single celled microorganisms that have animal and plant characteristics |
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Biofilms |
Colonies of microorganisms that stick to surfaces |
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Pathogenic bacteria may produce |
Disease |
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Inflammation is characterized as |
Redness, heat, and pain |
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Parasites |
Organisms that grow, feed, and shelter on or inside another |
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Can MRSA be spread without symptoms |
Yes |
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Fungi |
Single belled organisms that grow in irregular masses (mold, mildew, yeast) |
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To disinfect properly means to |
Read and follow directions, completely submerge implements |
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Sterilizing |
Destroys all microbial life |
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Scabies |
Contagious skin disease caused by an itch mite |
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Disinfection |
Chemicals destroy most organisms |
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Efficacy |
A chemicals ability to kill germs when used according to the label |
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How is HIV spread |
Sharing needles |
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What will inactivate disinfectants |
Oils, lotions, cream, and dust |
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Sodium hypochlorite with 5.25% is called |
Household bleach |
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What is a form of formaldehyde that has a very high pH |
Phenolic disinfectants |
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A product that is concentrated should be diluted |
True |
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How long should implements stay in quaternary ammonium compound solution |
10 min |
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Does the state require all tools and implements be cleaned and disinfected before and after each service |
Yes |
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Is it allowed for isopropyl alcohols to touch the skin |
Yea |
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Describe standard precautions |
Guidelines published by the cdc that requires you to assume bodily fluids are contagious |
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OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
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Products that are not labeled disinfectants are only cleaners |
True |
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Define the difference between anatomy and physiology |
Anatomy is the study of the structure of the body and physiology is the study of the activities of those structures |
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Which bones will affect the appearance of the eye makeup applied |
Zygomatic and lacrimal |
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Muscles used to straighten the wrist, hand, and the fingers to form a straight line are known as |
Extensors |
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Direct massage pressure should only be from |
Insertion to origin |
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What is the function of elastin |
Flexibility and elasticity |
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What do the sebaceous glands do |
Secrete oil to lubricate the skin |
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Name the layer of the epidermis that forms fingerprints and footprints |
Stratum lucid I’m |
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Collagen and elastin do what for the skin |
Gives it strength, form, and flexibility |
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What do sudoriferous glands do |
Excrete sweat to regulate temp and eliminate waste |
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What layer of skin is seen and treated by the cosmetologist |
Stratum for rum |
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All of the following are reasons cosmetologists should understand skin structure except |
Diagnosing and providing treatment |
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Keratin |
A fibrous protein that makes up hair and nails |
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Melanin and what layer it’s found in |
Tiny grains of pigment found in the stratum germanitum |
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All of the following are recommended to prevent contact dermatitis except |
Directly touching chemicals without gloves in order to build a tolerance to it |
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What standard should be used to determine when to treat a skin condition |
When I doubt refer to a doctor |
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There is a new lesion on the nostril in the same place where there was previously that lasted for three weeks. What is the explanation for this lesion |
Viral infection of herpes simplex 1 |
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Sensitization |
An allergic reaction created by repeated exposure to chemicals or other substances |
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How does sun exposure effect the skin negatively |
Natural weakening or elastin and collagen fibers happen faster |
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Describe the difference between an open and closed comedo |
And open comedo is a black head where the sebum is exposed a closed comedo is not exposed to the environment |
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Eczema |
Chronic skin disease of moderate to severe inflammation, scaling, and itching |
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What is the proper response to a client with an eye infection that covers the white of the ye and has a crust substance |
Decline service, refer to doctor without speculation |
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Describe squamous cell carcinoma |
Characterized by scaly, red papule or nodules |
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All of the following is considered cancerous except |
A large dark mole with hair growing out of it |
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All of the following is considered cancerous except |
A large dark mole with hair growing out of it |
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Describe what the dermal papilla does |
Supplies nutrients so the hair can grow |
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All of the following is considered cancerous except |
A large dark mole with hair growing out of it |
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Describe what the dermal papilla does |
Supplies nutrients so the hair can grow |
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List the major chemical elements that make up human hair |
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur, nitrogen |
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All of the following is considered cancerous except |
A large dark mole with hair growing out of it |
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Describe what the dermal papilla does |
Supplies nutrients so the hair can grow |
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List the major chemical elements that make up human hair |
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur, nitrogen |
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Polypeptide |
Long chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds |
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What can cause dry hair and scalp |
Inactive sebaceous glands |
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What can cause dry hair and scalp |
Inactive sebaceous glands |
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Density |
Amount of hair per square inch |
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What can cause dry hair and scalp |
Inactive sebaceous glands |
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Density |
Amount of hair per square inch |
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Porosity |
Hairs ability to absorb moisture |
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What can cause dry hair and scalp |
Inactive sebaceous glands |
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Density |
Amount of hair per square inch |
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Porosity |
Hairs ability to absorb moisture |
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Coarse |
Hair that has the largest diameter and usually requires more processing |
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What can cause dry hair and scalp |
Inactive sebaceous glands |
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Density |
Amount of hair per square inch |
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Porosity |
Hairs ability to absorb moisture |
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Coarse |
Hair that has the largest diameter and usually requires more processing |
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3 types of side bonds that link chains of amino acids |
Disulfide, salt, and hydrogen |
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What can cause dry hair and scalp |
Inactive sebaceous glands |
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Density |
Amount of hair per square inch |
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Porosity |
Hairs ability to absorb moisture |
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Coarse |
Hair that has the largest diameter and usually requires more processing |
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3 types of side bonds that link chains of amino acids |
Disulfide, salt, and hydrogen |
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Explain telophase of hair |
Hair growth cycle in which hair sheds |
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What can cause dry hair and scalp |
Inactive sebaceous glands |
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Density |
Amount of hair per square inch |
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Porosity |
Hairs ability to absorb moisture |
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Coarse |
Hair that has the largest diameter and usually requires more processing |
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3 types of side bonds that link chains of amino acids |
Disulfide, salt, and hydrogen |
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Explain telophase of hair |
Hair growth cycle in which hair sheds |
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What happens during the catagen phase |
Follicle canal shrinks and detached from dermal papilla |
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What can cause dry hair and scalp |
Inactive sebaceous glands |
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Density |
Amount of hair per square inch |
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Porosity |
Hairs ability to absorb moisture |
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Coarse |
Hair that has the largest diameter and usually requires more processing |
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3 types of side bonds that link chains of amino acids |
Disulfide, salt, and hydrogen |
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Explain telophase of hair |
Hair growth cycle in which hair sheds |
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What happens during the catagen phase |
Follicle canal shrinks and detached from dermal papilla |
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What percent of protein is in hair |
98 |
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What is the outer layer of the hair |
Cuticle |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of all body hair |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of all body hair |
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Furnucle |
Bacterial infection of hair follicle that produces constant pain |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of all body hair |
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Furnucle |
Bacterial infection of hair follicle that produces constant pain |
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Tinea favosa |
Dry, sulfur, yellow cup like crust on scalp |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of all body hair |
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Furnucle |
Bacterial infection of hair follicle that produces constant pain |
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Tinea favosa |
Dry, sulfur, yellow cup like crust on scalp |
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Technical term for split ends |
Trichoptilosis |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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What is trichorrhexis nodosa |
Brittleness and formation of nodules on hair shaft |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of all body hair |
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Furnucle |
Bacterial infection of hair follicle that produces constant pain |
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Tinea favosa |
Dry, sulfur, yellow cup like crust on scalp |
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Technical term for split ends |
Trichoptilosis |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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What is trichorrhexis nodosa |
Brittleness and formation of nodules on hair shaft |
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Alopecia areata |
Immune system attacks hair follicles which causes round spots without hair |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of all body hair |
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Furnucle |
Bacterial infection of hair follicle that produces constant pain |
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Tinea favosa |
Dry, sulfur, yellow cup like crust on scalp |
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Technical term for split ends |
Trichoptilosis |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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What is trichorrhexis nodosa |
Brittleness and formation of nodules on hair shaft |
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Alopecia areata |
Immune system attacks hair follicles which causes round spots without hair |
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Technical term for beaded hair |
Monioethrix |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of all body hair |
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Furnucle |
Bacterial infection of hair follicle that produces constant pain |
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Tinea favosa |
Dry, sulfur, yellow cup like crust on scalp |
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Technical term for split ends |
Trichoptilosis |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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What is trichorrhexis nodosa |
Brittleness and formation of nodules on hair shaft |
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Alopecia areata |
Immune system attacks hair follicles which causes round spots without hair |
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Technical term for beaded hair |
Monioethrix |
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What is the cause of pityriasis |
Fungal infection |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of all body hair |
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Furnucle |
Bacterial infection of hair follicle that produces constant pain |
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Tinea favosa |
Dry, sulfur, yellow cup like crust on scalp |
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Technical term for split ends |
Trichoptilosis |
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How do you analyze porosity |
Feel a strand of hair between two fingers and slide to the scalp |
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What is trichorrhexis nodosa |
Brittleness and formation of nodules on hair shaft |
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Alopecia areata |
Immune system attacks hair follicles which causes round spots without hair |
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Technical term for beaded hair |
Monioethrix |
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What is the cause of pityriasis |
Fungal infection |
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What is postpartum alopecia |
Temporary hair loss after pregnancy |
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Texture |
Thickness and diameter of an individual hair strand |
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Explain the medulla, what else is it called |
Hair center, pith or core |
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Name the layer of the hair shaft provides elasticity, color, and strength |
Cortex |
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Describe how a disulfide bond in human hair is formed |
Sulfur atoms on neighboring cysteine amino acids within the polypeptide chain join |
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Hirsuties |
Growth of terminal hair in areas it doesn’t normally grow |
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Alopecia universalis |
Complete loss of all body hair |
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Furnucle |
Bacterial infection of hair follicle that produces constant pain |
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Tinea favosa |
Dry, sulfur, yellow cup like crust on scalp |
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Technical term for split ends |
Trichoptilosis |
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Define life skills and list examples |
Developing exceptional communication, decision making, image building, customer services, goal setting, and time management can help build a successful professional foundation |
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Pityriasis steatoides |
Dandruff characterized by accumulation of greasy or waxy scalp scales mixed with sebum |
