What is the outermost layer of the hair shaft called?
Hair Biology
Question · Easy
What a Safety Data Sheet tells you
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Which hair type classification (Andre Walker system) describes tight, springy coils with a small diameter?
Federal regulator whose registration number is the unique identifier on a disinfectant label.
Sanitation
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Chapter 1: Overview & Scope of Natural Hair Styling
1.1 Candidate Logistics, Scope of Practice & State Board Licensing Rules
Study guide
Which layer of the hair gives it pigment and strength?
Question · Medium
Read the clue and guess the term in 6 tries.
Game
What is the active growing phase of the hair cycle called?
Federal agency that sets and enforces workplace standards, including the bloodborne pathogens rule for workers exposed to blood.
Hair porosity refers to:
What does hair density measure?
Bloodborne pathogen that destroys a type of white blood cell and is named with hepatitis B in the bloodborne pathogens standard.
1.2 Professional Client Consultation, Hair Analysis & Ethics
Which hair texture describes the diameter of an individual strand?
Swap tiles to line up three of the same term.
Term Match
Type 4C hair is characterized by:
Question · Hard
Contaminated items that can penetrate the skin, such as needles, scalpels, or broken glass, and must go into a closable, puncture-resistant container.
The dermal papilla supplies what to the hair follicle?
Sebum is produced by which gland?
Name for a group of fungus-caused diseases that includes ringworm, athlete's foot, and jock itch.
1.3 Exam Strategy & NIC Theory Test-Taking Techniques
What is the average rate of hair growth per month?
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
High-porosity hair typically:
Second layer of skin, also called the corium, that contains nerve endings, sweat glands, oil glands, and hair follicles.
Hair styling
Hair is composed primarily of which protein?
Type 3 hair is best described as:
Part of a hair that lies above the skin surface.
Chapter 2: Hair Biology, Anatomy & Textured Hair Science
2.1 Hair Shaft Anatomy, Follicle Dynamics & Growth Cycle
Which bond is the strongest in the hair cortex and is broken only by chemical relaxers or perms?
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
Term Search
Hydrogen bonds in hair are broken by:
Active growth phase of the hair cycle; a hair pulled during it has an elongated root that may be covered with a root sheath.
What does the term 'shrinkage' refer to in natural hair?
Melanin in the cortex determines:
Primary region of a hair, lying between the outer layer of overlapping scales and the central core.
2.2 Textured Hair Classification & Curl Typing Systems
Cornrows are created using which technique?
Natural Styling
A two-strand twist is created by:
Alopecia ___: disease in which the immune system attacks hair follicles, usually causing hair to fall out in small, round patches.
Box braids are characterized by:
Senegalese twists differ from box braids primarily because they use:
Kind of braid also called an overhand braid.
Natural styling
2.3 Hair Properties: Porosity, Density, Elasticity & Texture
Locs (also called locks or dreadlocks) are formed by:
Which loc starting method uses a small comb to coil sections at the scalp?
Kind of braid also called an individual braid.
A twist-out is created by:
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