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Hair structure and function

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Brainstorm as many functions for hair as you can (at least 2) in the space below

Below is a picture of the structure of hair.  What do you notice?

 

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SAQ: How does the structure of hair help it do its function(s)? Link at least one structure and function.

Optional: The blog post linked here includes some information about what makes hair straight, curly, or wavy.  Read the post and discuss how the primary structure of proteins, the amino acid sequence of the protein(s) in hair, can influence if, and how, curly hair will get in the space below.

 Photo credit: Ruggedly Groomed The shape of our follicles is a major determinant of our hair texture. If you were to look at the follicle of straight hair, you would find it’s round. The follicle of curly hair has an oval shape. And the flatter the oval, the curlier the hair will be. Curly hair has more of these bonds than straight hair because the follicle shape and angle allows different regions of the hair to come closer together making these bonds easier to form.

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