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a fluid that contains white blood cells, dead and living bacteria, waste matter, tissue
elements and body cells - answer-Pus
A.B. Moler - answer-wrote the first barbering textbook
Acids - answer-solutions that have a pH below 7.0
Acquired immunity - answer-an immunity that the body develops after it overcomes a
disease or through inoculation
Active (vegatative) stage - answer-the stage in which bacteria grow and reproduce
Alkalis - answer-solutions that have a pH above 7.0
All-purpose comb - answer-What style comb is generally used for haircutting?
Alopcia senilis - answer-hair loss occurring in old age
Alopecia - answer-the technical term for abnormal hair loss
Alopecia prematura - answer-hair loss that occurs before middle age
Alopecia syphilitica - answer-hair loss as a result of syphilis
Alopeica areata - answer-the sudden falling out of hair in patches or spots
Alternating current - answer-a rapid and interrupted current, flowing first in one
direction and then in the opposite direction, produces mechanical action
Ambroise Pare - answer-French barber surgeon who became known as the father of
surgery
Amino acids - answer-the protein of human hair is made up of chemical units called:
Anabolism - answer-constructive metabolism; the process of building up larger
molecules from smaller ones
Anagen phase - answer-growth phase of hair when new hair is produced-90%
Anatomy - answer-the science of the structure of organisms and of their parts
, Anhidrosis - answer-lack of perspiration, requires medical attention
Antiseptics - answer-chemical agents that may kill, retard or prevent the growth of
bacteria; can be used on skin
Arrector pili - answer-minute, involuntary muscle fiber in the skin attached to the
underside and base of the hair follicle
Arteries, capillaries, veins - answer-List three kinds of vessels found in the blood-
vascular system.
Aseptic - answer-free of disease germs
Autonomic (sympathetic) nervous system (ANS) - answer-part of the nervous system
that controls the involuntary muscles; regulates the action of the smooth muscles,
glads, blood vessels and heart
Bacilli - answer-short, rod-shaped organisms- diphtheria, tetanus, TB
Bacteria - answer-one-celled microorganism, also know as germs or microbes
Barba - answer-Latin for beard
Barber-surgeons - answer-Early practitioners who cut hair, shaved and performed
bloodletting and dentistry
Basal cell carcinoma - answer-the most common and least severe type of skin
cancer
Beveled - answer-blade edge that has an angle on the cutting surface of the blade
Blades - answer-the cutting parts of the clippers, usually manufactured from high
quality carbon steel
Blood vascular system and lymph vascular system - answer-Name the two divisions
of the circulatory system
Blood-spilled disinfection - answer-the procedure to follow when the barber or client
sustains an ,injury that results in bleeding
Canities - answer-technical term for grey hair
Catabolism - answer-metabolic phase that involves the breaking down of complex
compounds within cells into smaller ones
Catagen phase - answer-transition period between the growth and resting phases of
hair growth- less than 1%
Cells - answer-the basic units of structure and function of all living things