You need to worry when you swallow a single strand of hair.
False
True
A ______ of something such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it.
school
bunch
strand
A dense hairball can cause _____ in cat.
Trichobezoar
Rabies
Heartworms
The only way to get rid of the hair stuck in the stomach is through a major _____ .
surgery
Karetin has a highly organized structure and can be broken easily down by our digestive juices.
True
False
Things can take a dramatic turn if someone has a habit of consuming a large amount of hair over a period of time.
True
False
Melanin is a substance in your body that produces hair, eye and skin pigmentation. The more melanin you produce, the darker your eyes, hair and skin will be.
False
True
Keratin also makes up our _____, ______, and _____ .
fingernails, the lining of internal organs and the outer layer of the skin
When you swallow a single hair accidentally, they just end up _____ .
staying in your stomach
growing more hair in your stomach
passing out of the body
People who compulsively swallow their own hair are said to have a psychiatric disorder called _____ .
Triphophagia (Hair pulling disorder)
Consuming a large amount of hair cause a major problem as a lump of hair _____ in your stomach. .
will be digested
will be dissoved
will get stuck
We _____ be able to digest the hair naturally.
won't
will
Our hair is made up of proteins called _____ .
collagen
keratin
insulin
_____ is an extremely rare medical condition where hairs the person has eaten become tangled and trapped in their stomach.
Rapunzel syndrome
The color of hair depends on how much _____ each strand has.
Melanin
Keratin
Carbohydrates