COSMETOLOGY STATE BOARD UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Hair root and hair shaft
Answer: A mature strand of human hair is divided into two principal
parts known as the
●● hair follicle
Answer: a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair
●● hair bulb
Answer: Lowest part of the hair strand
●● dermal papilla
Answer: A small, cone-shaped area at the base of the hair follicle that
fits into the hair bulb
●● sebaceous glands
Answer: secrete sebum (oil) into the hair follicles where the hair shafts
pass through the dermis
,●● arrector pili
Answer: smooth muscle attached to follicle, responsible for "goose
bumps"
●● Nine
Answer: Of the 20 amino acids that make up hair, a person must obtain
this many of the essential amino acids from daily diet
●● The cuticle, the cortex, and the medulla
Answer: The three main layers of the hair shaft are
●● Melanin
Answer: A pigment that gives the skin and hair its color
●● Protein
Answer: As newly formed cells, mature, they fill up with this fibrous
white, then, move upward, lose their nucleus, and die.
●● 51
Answer: The percent of the element carbon in normal hair
●● 21
Answer: The percent of oxygen in normal hair
,●● Sulfur
Answer: In the make up of normal human hair, what COHNS element is
present in the lowest percentage
●● peptide bond
Answer: The chemical bond that joins amino acids to each other is
called
●● salt bond
Answer: In the cortex, a side bond that is easily broken by strong,
alkaline, or acidic solution
●● Melanin
Answer: The cortex contains coloring matter in the form of mini grains
of this or pigment
●● red/ginger
Answer: Pheomelanin provides natural hair colors from___to yellow and
blonde tones
●● Wave patterns
Answer: The shape of a hair strand, described as straight, wavy, curly or
extremely curly, is known as
, ●● vellus hair
Answer: Short, fine, Downey unpigmented hair is known as
●● Eyelids
Answer: What place on the body would normally include vellus hair
●● Terminal hair
Answer: Long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms,
and bodies of males and females.
●● Antigen, catagen, and telegen
Answer: All hair follicles have the same structure and cycle through the
same three phases, which are
●● Beau's lines
Answer: Depressions running across the width of the nail plate or known
as
●● onychocryptosis(ingrown toe nail)
Answer: Can't be preformed on in the salom
●● Onychophagy
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Hair root and hair shaft
Answer: A mature strand of human hair is divided into two principal
parts known as the
●● hair follicle
Answer: a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair
●● hair bulb
Answer: Lowest part of the hair strand
●● dermal papilla
Answer: A small, cone-shaped area at the base of the hair follicle that
fits into the hair bulb
●● sebaceous glands
Answer: secrete sebum (oil) into the hair follicles where the hair shafts
pass through the dermis
,●● arrector pili
Answer: smooth muscle attached to follicle, responsible for "goose
bumps"
●● Nine
Answer: Of the 20 amino acids that make up hair, a person must obtain
this many of the essential amino acids from daily diet
●● The cuticle, the cortex, and the medulla
Answer: The three main layers of the hair shaft are
●● Melanin
Answer: A pigment that gives the skin and hair its color
●● Protein
Answer: As newly formed cells, mature, they fill up with this fibrous
white, then, move upward, lose their nucleus, and die.
●● 51
Answer: The percent of the element carbon in normal hair
●● 21
Answer: The percent of oxygen in normal hair
,●● Sulfur
Answer: In the make up of normal human hair, what COHNS element is
present in the lowest percentage
●● peptide bond
Answer: The chemical bond that joins amino acids to each other is
called
●● salt bond
Answer: In the cortex, a side bond that is easily broken by strong,
alkaline, or acidic solution
●● Melanin
Answer: The cortex contains coloring matter in the form of mini grains
of this or pigment
●● red/ginger
Answer: Pheomelanin provides natural hair colors from___to yellow and
blonde tones
●● Wave patterns
Answer: The shape of a hair strand, described as straight, wavy, curly or
extremely curly, is known as
, ●● vellus hair
Answer: Short, fine, Downey unpigmented hair is known as
●● Eyelids
Answer: What place on the body would normally include vellus hair
●● Terminal hair
Answer: Long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms,
and bodies of males and females.
●● Antigen, catagen, and telegen
Answer: All hair follicles have the same structure and cycle through the
same three phases, which are
●● Beau's lines
Answer: Depressions running across the width of the nail plate or known
as
●● onychocryptosis(ingrown toe nail)
Answer: Can't be preformed on in the salom
●● Onychophagy
