HAIR REMOVAL PAPER ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔ Trichology - ✔✔Scientific study of hair and its diseases and care.
✔✔hair folllicle - ✔✔mass of epidermal cells forming a small tube, or canal
✔✔pilosebaceous - ✔✔pertaining to hair follicles and sebaceous glands
✔✔follicular canal - ✔✔lined with epidermal tissue
epidermal cells produce the follicle and hair matrix
✔✔matrix - ✔✔where cell mitosis happens
✔✔hair root - ✔✔anchors hair to skin cells
✔✔hair bulb - ✔✔Lowest part of a hair strand; the thickened, club-shaped structure that
forms the lower part of the hair root.
✔✔hair papilla - ✔✔a peg of connective tissue containing capillaries and nerves
✔✔hair shaft - ✔✔visible part of the hair
✔✔what makes hair grow - ✔✔cell division within hair matrix
✔✔sebaceous glands - ✔✔secretes sebum, lubricates the skin & hair
✔✔arrector pili muscle - ✔✔Causes hair to stand on end and goose bumps to appear
✔✔Lanugo hair - ✔✔soft downy hair found on a fetus
, ✔✔vellus hair - ✔✔peach fuzz
✔✔terminal hair - ✔✔Long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and
bodies of males and females.
✔✔what is benefit of arrector pili muscle - ✔✔keep skin warm
✔✔What is ACT? - ✔✔Anagen, Catagen, Telogen
✔✔anagen phase - ✔✔Also known as growth phase; phase during which new hair is
produced.
✔✔catagen phase - ✔✔The brief transition period between the growth and resting
phases of a hair follicle. It signals the end of the growth phase.
✔✔what is shortest part of growth cycle? - ✔✔catagen phase
✔✔telogen phase - ✔✔the final growth phase in which hair naturally falls out of the skin
✔Hypertrichosis - ✔✔condition of abnormal growth of hair, characterized by the growth
of terminal hair in areas of the body that normally grow only vellus hair.
✔✔hirsutism - ✔✔excessive hair growth on the face, chest, underarm/groin, esp in
women
✔✔What causes hirsutism? - ✔✔hormonal imbalance
✔✔syndrome - ✔✔A group of symptoms typical of a particular disease or condition
✔✔acromegaly and cushing syndrome - ✔✔medical conditions related to excessive
androgen production that affect hair growth
✔✔adrenogenital syndrome - ✔✔malfunction of adrenal cortex that causes an
overproduction of androgens
✔✔polycystic ovary syndrome - ✔✔present with hirsutism, irregular menses, ovarian
cysts, obesity
✔✔Achard-Thiers Syndrome - ✔✔combination of Cushing and adrenogenital
skyndromes
✔✔hair removal categories - ✔✔temporary and permanent
✔✔Temporary hair removal - ✔✔repeat treatment
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔ Trichology - ✔✔Scientific study of hair and its diseases and care.
✔✔hair folllicle - ✔✔mass of epidermal cells forming a small tube, or canal
✔✔pilosebaceous - ✔✔pertaining to hair follicles and sebaceous glands
✔✔follicular canal - ✔✔lined with epidermal tissue
epidermal cells produce the follicle and hair matrix
✔✔matrix - ✔✔where cell mitosis happens
✔✔hair root - ✔✔anchors hair to skin cells
✔✔hair bulb - ✔✔Lowest part of a hair strand; the thickened, club-shaped structure that
forms the lower part of the hair root.
✔✔hair papilla - ✔✔a peg of connective tissue containing capillaries and nerves
✔✔hair shaft - ✔✔visible part of the hair
✔✔what makes hair grow - ✔✔cell division within hair matrix
✔✔sebaceous glands - ✔✔secretes sebum, lubricates the skin & hair
✔✔arrector pili muscle - ✔✔Causes hair to stand on end and goose bumps to appear
✔✔Lanugo hair - ✔✔soft downy hair found on a fetus
, ✔✔vellus hair - ✔✔peach fuzz
✔✔terminal hair - ✔✔Long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and
bodies of males and females.
✔✔what is benefit of arrector pili muscle - ✔✔keep skin warm
✔✔What is ACT? - ✔✔Anagen, Catagen, Telogen
✔✔anagen phase - ✔✔Also known as growth phase; phase during which new hair is
produced.
✔✔catagen phase - ✔✔The brief transition period between the growth and resting
phases of a hair follicle. It signals the end of the growth phase.
✔✔what is shortest part of growth cycle? - ✔✔catagen phase
✔✔telogen phase - ✔✔the final growth phase in which hair naturally falls out of the skin
✔Hypertrichosis - ✔✔condition of abnormal growth of hair, characterized by the growth
of terminal hair in areas of the body that normally grow only vellus hair.
✔✔hirsutism - ✔✔excessive hair growth on the face, chest, underarm/groin, esp in
women
✔✔What causes hirsutism? - ✔✔hormonal imbalance
✔✔syndrome - ✔✔A group of symptoms typical of a particular disease or condition
✔✔acromegaly and cushing syndrome - ✔✔medical conditions related to excessive
androgen production that affect hair growth
✔✔adrenogenital syndrome - ✔✔malfunction of adrenal cortex that causes an
overproduction of androgens
✔✔polycystic ovary syndrome - ✔✔present with hirsutism, irregular menses, ovarian
cysts, obesity
✔✔Achard-Thiers Syndrome - ✔✔combination of Cushing and adrenogenital
skyndromes
✔✔hair removal categories - ✔✔temporary and permanent
✔✔Temporary hair removal - ✔✔repeat treatment
