Question

ch 08 hair disorders crossword
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1 technical term for gray or white hair (8)
canities
3 a type of congenital canities present in people who are born without pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes (8)
albinism
4 canities results from the loss of the hairs natural ______ (7)
pigment
6 one of two types of canities; when the hair follicle produces less melanin as the result of aging and genetics (8)
a______e_
7 a variety of canities where alternating bands of gray and pigmented hair appear throughout the length of the hair strand (6)
ne_

Explanation:

For question 4, canities is gray - white hair which occurs due to loss of hair's natural pigment. For question 6, the type of canities caused by aging and genetics where hair follicles produce less melanin is called acquired canities. For question 7, the variety of canities with alternating bands of gray and pigmented hair along the hair strand is called ringed hair (pili annulati).

Answer:

1. PIGMENT
2. ACQUIRED
3. RINGED