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A mass of hair strands tangled together that cannot be separated is called _________.
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Small cracks in the cuticle that deepen into the cortex are called _______ _______. (Two words - do not include a space in your answer)
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The central core of the hair shaft.
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Grayness of whiteness of hair is called ___________.
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Lumps or swelling along the hair shaft are called _________.
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A condition where beads or nodes form on the hair shaft is called ___________.
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Cells that exist among the dividing cells within the hair bulb, that produce melanin, are called ___________.
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The portion of the hair that is inside the hair follicle under the skin's surface is called the ______ ______. (Two words - do not include a space in your answer)
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The name of the pigmentation that adds red to hair colour.
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Abraded hair is another term for _______ _______. (Two words - do not include a space in your answer)
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An abnormal coverage of hair on areas of the body where normally only lanugo hair appears is called _________.
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A tube-like pocket out of which hair will grow.
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When alternating bands of grey and dark hair exist, the condition is called ______ ______. (Two words - do not include a space in your answer)
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The resting stage of hair growth, when each hair bulb has no attached root sheath.
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The name of the pigmentation that adds brown/black to hair colour.
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Produced by melanocytes.
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The active growing stage of hair.
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The transitional stage of hair growth, when all cell division stops.
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Melanocytes that rest near the hair bulb's nourishment center, collect together and form a pigment protein complex called __________.
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The outer covering of the hair shaft, made up of overlapping layers of transparent scales.
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The second layer of the hair shaft, consisting of unique protein structures.
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The portion of the hair that extends above the skin's surface, sometimes called the hair shaft is also called the ______ ______. (Two words - do not include a space in your answer)