Washington State boards for Cosmetology
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Abraded Hair - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Technical term for broken hair
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Acid - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Water-based solution measuring more positive
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hydrogen ions then negative hydroxide ions: measure less then 7 on the pH scale.
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AIDS- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Disease
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caused by HIV ( Human Immunodeficiency Virus); HIV interferes with the body's
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natural immune system and causes the immune system to break down
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Albinism - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Congenital failure of the skin to produce melanin
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pigment
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Albino - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - A person lacking pigmentation in the hair and skin
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Alkaline - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Water-based solution measuring more negative
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hydroxide ions than positive hydrogen ions: measuring higher then 7 on the pH
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scale
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Alopecia - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Excessive hair loss
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Alopecia Areata - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Auden loss of hair in round of irregular
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patches without display fo an inflamed scalp
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Alopecia Permatura - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Refers to baldness that occurs early in
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life, beginning as early as late adolescence
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Amines - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Ingredients found in conditioners: makes hair
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easier to comb and control static
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Anabolism - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - The process of building up larger molecules
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from smaller ones during metabolism
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Anagen - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - The active phase of the hair growth cycle
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Anatomy - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - The study of the organs and systems of the body
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, Androgenetic Alopecia - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Hair loss caused by a combination hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi
of heredity, hormones and age that causes progressive shrinking or
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miniaturization of certain scalp follicles
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Aromatherapy - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - The combination of our sense of smell and hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi
the use of plant extracts and their healing abilities
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Arrector pili muscle - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Comes from the cells in the dermis that
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attach to the follicle just below the sebaceous gland. This is the muscle that causes
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the hair to stand on end when a person is scared of cold
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Bacteriology - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - study of bacteria hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi
Belly - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - The term applied to the midsection of the muscle,
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between the two attached sections
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Canities - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Refers to the grayness or whiteness of hair
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Capilli - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - The Technical term for the hair on the head
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Catagen - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - A brief transitional stage of hair growth, when all
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cell division stops
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Connective tissue - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Supports, protects and holds the body hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi
together
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Cortex - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - The inside the second layer of the hair fiber (gives
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hair most of its pigment and strength (elasticity))
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vibration - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Shaking massage movement
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Tapotement - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Also known as percussion; movements hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi
consisting of short, quick tapping, slapping, and hacking movements.
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Petrussage - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Light or heavy kneading and rolling of the hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi
muscle: performed by kneading muscles between the thumb and fingers or by
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pressing the palm of the hand firmly
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Disulfide bond - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Most important side bond containing sulfur:
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formed when two sulfur-type side chains join together: directly affected by
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chemical services
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Effleurage - ** Verified ANS ✔✔ ** - Light, gliding massage strokes or circular
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manipulations made with the palms of the hands or pads of the fingertips; often
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