HAIR REMOVAL CHAPTER 11 TEST
PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is the arrector pili muscle? Answer: The small, involuntary
muscle in the base of the hair follicle. (causes goosebumps)
⩥ What is the follicular canal lined with? Answer: epidermal tissue
⩥ What does epidermal cells produce? Answer: the follicle and hair
matrix
⩥ Where does cell mitosis (division) happens? Answer: the matrix
⩥ What anchors hair to the skin cells and is part of the hair located at the
bottom of the follicle below the surface of the skin. (where the hair
grows) Answer: Hair root
⩥ thick, club-shaped structure made from epithelial cells that surround
the papilla.(base) Answer: hair bulb
⩥ What is the scientific study of hair and its diseases is called? Answer:
trichology
, ⩥ a cone- shaped elevation of connective tissue that contains the
capillaries and nerves located at the base of the follicle that fits into the
bulb Answer: hair papilla
⩥ a mass of epidermal cells forming a small tube, or canal. Answer: hair
follicle
⩥ What part of the hair structure is necessary for hair growth and
nourishment of the follicle? Answer: hair papilla
⩥ What surrounds the base of the follicle? Answer: sensory nerves
⩥ defined as the part of the hair located above the surface of the skin.
Answer: hair shaft
⩥ This forms the lower part, or base of the hair follicle. Answer: hair
bulb
⩥ 3 main layers of the hair shaft are the? Answer: cuticle, cortex, and
medulla
⩥ seretes the waxy substance called sebum, which lubricates the skin
and hair. Answer: sebaceous glands
PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is the arrector pili muscle? Answer: The small, involuntary
muscle in the base of the hair follicle. (causes goosebumps)
⩥ What is the follicular canal lined with? Answer: epidermal tissue
⩥ What does epidermal cells produce? Answer: the follicle and hair
matrix
⩥ Where does cell mitosis (division) happens? Answer: the matrix
⩥ What anchors hair to the skin cells and is part of the hair located at the
bottom of the follicle below the surface of the skin. (where the hair
grows) Answer: Hair root
⩥ thick, club-shaped structure made from epithelial cells that surround
the papilla.(base) Answer: hair bulb
⩥ What is the scientific study of hair and its diseases is called? Answer:
trichology
, ⩥ a cone- shaped elevation of connective tissue that contains the
capillaries and nerves located at the base of the follicle that fits into the
bulb Answer: hair papilla
⩥ a mass of epidermal cells forming a small tube, or canal. Answer: hair
follicle
⩥ What part of the hair structure is necessary for hair growth and
nourishment of the follicle? Answer: hair papilla
⩥ What surrounds the base of the follicle? Answer: sensory nerves
⩥ defined as the part of the hair located above the surface of the skin.
Answer: hair shaft
⩥ This forms the lower part, or base of the hair follicle. Answer: hair
bulb
⩥ 3 main layers of the hair shaft are the? Answer: cuticle, cortex, and
medulla
⩥ seretes the waxy substance called sebum, which lubricates the skin
and hair. Answer: sebaceous glands