What is a single hair called?
Hair shaft
What is the outer layer of the hair called?
Cuticle
What part of the hair provides the main bulk and strength?
Cortex
What is the inner layer of the hair, serves no purpose and is not always present (especially fine hair)?
Medulla
How would type 3 hair be described?
Curly
How would type 2 hair be described?
Wavy
How would type 4 hair be described?
Very curly
How would type 1 hair be described?
Straight
What is hair texture?
The circumference of one individual hair (fine, medium or coarse).
What is density of hair?
How much hair someone has.