Cos Sci: Vocab Chpt 11 (Part 1)

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Alopecia

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Abnormal hair loss

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Alopecia areata

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Immune system attacks follicles resulting in bald patches

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Alopecia totalis

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Total loss of scalp hair

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Alopecia universalis

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Complete loss of body hair

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Amino acids

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Building blocks of protein

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Anagen phase

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Growth phase; phase during which new hair is produced.

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Androgenic alopecia

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Male or female pattern baldness

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Arrector pili muscle

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Small, involuntary muscle in the base of the hair follicle

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Canities

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Gray hair

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Carbuncle

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Inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue caused by staphylococci; larger than furuncle