Chapter 7 Trichology Cosmetology Chapter

Which of the following is NOT one of the main purposes of hair?

• support
• adorment
• protection from cold
• protection from injury

The technical term for the study of hair is called 

• biology
• hairology
• trichology
• cosmetology

When looking through a microscope, which portion of the hair would display living cells?

• hair bulb
• hair fiber
• hair shaft
• hair stand

Hair grows from a tube-like "pocket" called a root sheath or a(n):

• bulb
• follicle
• papilla
• arrector pili

The diameter of a hair fiber will be the same as:

• the length of the root sheath
• one-half the size of the root sheath
• the size of the arrector pili muscle
• the inside diameter of the hair follicle

What is the natural flow of hair determined by?

• the size of the follicle
• the shape of the head
• the number of follicles
• the angle of the follicle

The two primary parts of hair are the hair fiber and the:

• follicle
• papilla
• hair root
• hair strand

What is the portion of hair that extends above the skin's surface?

• follicle
• papilla
• hair root
• hair fiber

Which of the following resembles that shape of golf club and covers the follicle at the lower portion of the hair root?

• bulb
• shaft
• papilla
• arrector pili muscle

Located at the bottom of the follicle and supplying nourishment to the germinal matrix is the:

• tube
• base
• papilla
• medulla