7652733106 | Cuticle | Outside covering of overlapping scales | 0 | |
7652733107 | Cortex | Inner layer made of keratin and imbedded with pigment also contains air sacs called cortical cusi | 1 | |
7652733108 | Medulla | Inside layer running down the center of the cortex | 2 | |
7652733109 | Melanin pigment | Granules that give hair it's color | 3 | |
7652733110 | Human medulla may be | Continuous, fragmented, or absent | 4 | |
7652733111 | Medullary index for humans is usually | Less than 1/3 | 5 | |
7652733112 | For animal hair the medullary index is usually | Greater than 1/2 | 6 | |
7652733113 | Anagen | Hair that is actively growing; lasting 3 to 5 years 80% to 90% of a persons hair will be in this phase | 7 | |
7652733114 | Catagen | Hair is not growing; a resting phase | 8 | |
7652733115 | Telogen | Hair that is dying and ready to fall out lasting 2 to 6 months | 9 | |
7652733116 | Hair grows about | 1 cm per month or one half inch per month | 10 | |
7652733117 | Comparison Microscope | a device used to analyze side-by-side specimens. It consists of two microscopes connected by an optical bridge, which results in a split view window enabling two separate objects to be viewed simultaneously. | 11 |
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