

Question | Answer | |
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1 |
The technical term for beaded hair is ________________ |
monilethrix |
2 |
A highly contagious skin disease caused by a parasite called a mite that burrows under the skin is _____________ |
scabies |
3 |
The term for the spiral shape of a coiled protein is ____________ |
helix |
4 |
Shaving, clipping, and cutting the hair on the head _____________ |
has no effect on hair growth |
5 |
Dry, sulfur-yellow, cuplike crusts on the scalp are called _____________ |
scutula |
6 |
The _____________ are part of the integumentary system |
hair, skin, nails, and glands |
7 |
The long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and bodies of males and females is called ______________ |
terminal hair |
8 |
The technical term for knotted hair is ____________ |
trichorrhexis nodosa |
9 |
The _________________ is the innermost layer of the hair and is composed of round cells |
medulla |
10 |
When hair leaves the follicles at an angle and forms patterns or streams on the head, it is called _______________ |
a whorl |