PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
As new hair cells are formed, what happens to the old hair?
A
it is forced in
B
it is forced out
C
it stays in
D
nothing happens to it
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The basal cells in the hair matrix then produce a new hair follicle, which pushes the old hair out as the growth cycle repeats itself. Hair typically grows at the rate of 0.3 mm per day during the anagen phase. On average, 50 hairs are lost and replaced per day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hair follicles are part of your skin that are responsible for growing your hair. If you accidentally pull out a strand of your hair and it has a ball (bulb) on the end of it, you didn’t pull out the follicle, and instead, you removed your hair root. That root grows back and your hair will grow back, too.

Detailed explanation-3: -New research has allowed scientists to generate new hair follicles-those tube-shaped pores that hug the strand and root of a hair-in vitro in a lab. It’s a development that experts say can open pathways for better hair loss treatments in the future.

Detailed explanation-4: -While the follicles are alive in the scalp, the bulb is the base for the root of the hair. The dead cells form strands that renew themselves through life cycle rejuvenation. While the strands are dead, it’s the follicles that must stay healthy for new hair to grow back after thinning or loss.

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