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11. Hair And Scalp Flashcards

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Tricholigy

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THe scientific study of hair, it’s disease and care

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Mature strand

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Two parts are the hairs roots and hair shaft of human hair

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Hair follicle

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The tube like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root

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Hair follicles

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Are not found in the soles of the feet

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Arrector pili muscle

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The small involuntary muscle in the base of the hair follicle

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Sebum

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The darth or oily substance secreted by the sebaceous glands

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Healthy cuticle

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For chemicals to penetrate the hair layer must have the alkaline pit

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Medulla

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Composed of round cells

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Anlagen phase

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New hair is produced Becuase new cells are actively manufactured in the hair follicle

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Anagen phase

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New hair is produced because new cells are actively manufactured in the hair follicle

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Major elements

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That make up human hair are carbon oxygen hydrogen nitrogen and sulfur

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Peptide bonds

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The strong chemical bonds that Join amino acids

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Pheomelanin

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Provides natural colors ranging from red and finger to yellow and blond tones

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Asians

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Tend to have extremely straight hair

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Minimize tangles

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Use a detangling rinse when shampooing extremely curly hair

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Hair texture

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Classified as course medium or fine

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Hair density

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The measurement of the number of individual hair strands on kne square inch of the scalp

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Chemical services

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Performed on hair with low proprietary required more alanine solutions

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Wet hair

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With normal elasticity will stretch up to 50% of its original length and return to that length with out breaking

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Normalizing shampoo

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Can treat oily hair and scalp by properly washing

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Vellus

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Type of hair that almost never has a medulla

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Cartagena phase

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The follicle canal shrink and detach from the dermal papilla

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Healthy scalp

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The average growth is 1/2” per mo

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Canities

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Grey hair

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Hypertrichosis

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A condition of abnormal growth of terminal hair in areas of the body that normally grow only Vellus hair

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Pityriasis

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Dandruff

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Dermal papilla

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One of the main structures of the hair root that contains the blood and nerve supply that provides the nutrients needed for hair growth

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Salt bonds

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Account for about 1/3 of the hairs overall strength

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Anlagen phase

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Generally lasts from 3 to 5 years

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Scalp hair

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Grows faster on woman than on men

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Catagen phase

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The follicle canal shrank and detach from the dermal papilla

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Scalp massage

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Does not increase hair growth g

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Gray hair

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Exactly the same as pigmented hair

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Cross sections

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Of hair can be almost any shape

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Bald men

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Commonly perceived as less successful

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By age 35

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Almost 40% of both men and woman show some degree of hair loss

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Finasteride

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Oral prescription medication for hair loss that is meant for men only

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Congenital Canities

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Exsist at or before birth

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Dandruff

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Can easily be mistaken for dry scalp; result of fungus

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Keratinization

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When the living cells of hair form and begin their journey upward through the hair follicle and they mature in a process

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Tinea

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Characterized by itching, scales and sometimes painful circular lesions

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Pediculosis capitis

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Carbuncle

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Similar to a furuncle but is larger

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Fine hair

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Is more fragile than course or medium hair

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Course hair

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Stronger than fine hair

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Hair cuticle

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The outermost layer of the hair

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Sebaceous gland

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The oil glands in the skin that are connected to the hair follicles

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Hydrogen bonds

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A weak physical cross link side bond easily broken by water or heat

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Hair

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Approx 90% protein

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Alopecia totalis

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Total scalp hair loss

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Hypertrichosis

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Another name is hirsuties

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Malassezia

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The naturally occurring fungus that causes the symptoms of dandruff when it grows out of control

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Hair bulb

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The lowest part of the hair strand

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Monilethrix

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Beaded hair

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Scabies

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A highly contagious skin disease cause by a parasite called a more that borrows under the skin

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Helix

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Spiral shape of a coil pattern

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Hair growth

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Is not effected by shaving, clipping or cutting the hair on the head

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Scutula

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Dry sulfer- yellow, crusts on the scalp

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Integumentary system

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Hair skin nails and glands are part of this system

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Terminal hair

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The long course pigmented hair found in the scalp legs arms and bodies of males and females

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Trichorrhexis nodosa

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Knotted hair

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Medulla

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The innermost layer of the hair and is composed of round cells

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Whorl

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When hair leaves the follicles at the angle and forms patterns or streams on the head

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Cowlick

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A particular pattern of hair stream that is aurally more noticeable on the front hairline in people with short thick hair

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Hair porosity

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The ability of the hair to absorb moisture

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Cortex

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The middle layer of the hair

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Alopecia areata

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An auto immune disorder that causes the affected hair follicles to be mistakenly attacked by a persons own immune system

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Vellus hair

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Lanugo hair

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Tinea

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