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Why is UVB radiation also know as "burning rays"? --- correct answer --- UVB wavelengths cause burning of the skin as well as cancer

What is NOT an element of the skins acid mantle? --- correct answer --- Blood

What causes injured skin to restore itself to its normal thickness? --- correct answer --- Hyperproduction of cells

What are the items in the dermis that respond to touch, pain, cold, heat and pressure? --- correct answer --- Sensory nerve endings

What are most abundant in the fingertips, as opposed to other parts of the body? --- correct answer --- Sensory nerve fibers

What is the average internal temperature of the body in degrees Fahrenheit? --- correct answer --- 98.

Why does the body perspire? --- correct answer --- To protect us from overheating

What are follicles? --- correct answer --- Tubelike openings in the epidermis

What is not a compound in the body from which free radicals take electrons? --- correct answer --- Sebum

What is Glycation? --- correct answer --- The binding of a protein molecule to a glucose molecule

What are hair papillae? --- correct answer --- Cone shaped elevations at the base of the follicle

Where in the body is hyaluronic acid found? --- correct answer --- Skin

What is hydrolipidic film? --- correct answer --- Oil-water balance that protects the skins surface

What is a fiber protein found in skin, hail and nails? --- correct answer --- Keratin

What is the acid mantle? --- correct answer --- Protective layer of lipids and secretions on the skins surface

Where in the body are the coiled structures known as apocrine glands found? --- correct answer --- Underarm and genitals

What is the result of the contraction of the arrector pili muscle? --- correct answer --- Goose bumps

What does the skins barrier function protect us from, in addition to irritation? --- correct answer --- Intercellular water loss

What are Ceramides? --- correct answer --- Glycolipid materials

What is collagen? --- correct answer --- Fibrous tissue made from protein

What are corneocytes? --- correct answer --- Hardened keratinocytes

What are membranes of ridges and grooves that attach to the epidermis? --- correct answer --- Dermal papillae

Where in the face does the chronic condition rosacea primarily appear? --- correct answer --- Cheeks and nose

What protects the surface of the skin? --- correct answer --- Sebaceous glands

What are guard cells of the immune system that sense unrecognized foreign invaders, such as bacteria? --- correct answer --- Langerhans immune cells

What is oil that provides protection for the epidermis from external factors and that lubricates both the skin and hair? --- correct answer --- Sebum

What is the common name for the stratum corneum? --- correct answer --- Horny layer

What is true of the stratum corneum? --- correct answer --- It is the outermost layer of the skin

What is the common name for the stratum germinativum --- correct answer - -- Basal layer

Where in the skin is the stratum germinativum located? --- correct answer --

- Above the papillary layer of the dermis

What is the common name for the stratum granulosum? --- correct answer --

- Granular layer

What forms the cells in the stratum granulosum that resemble granules? --- correct answer --- Keratin

What is another name for the subcutaneous layer of the skin? --- correct answer --- Hypodermis

What part of the skin provides a protective cushion and energy storage for the body? --- correct answer --- Subcutaneous layer

What is another name for subcutis tissue? --- correct answer --- Adipose tissue

What are the glands that excrete perspiration, regulate body temperature, and detoxify the body? --- correct answer --- Sudoriferous

What cells identify molecules that have foreign peptides, and help to regulate immune response? --- correct answer --- T-Cells

What causes telangiectasia? --- correct answer --- Capillary damage

What causes transepidermal water loss? --- correct answer --- Evaporation

What is a common term for UVA radiation? --- correct answer --- Aging rays

What is the dermis? --- correct answer --- Support layer below the epidermis

What function do desmosomes perform? --- correct answer --- Assist in holding cells together

What are eccrine glands? --- correct answer --- Sweat glands

What protein fiber is found in the dermis and gives skin its flexibility and firmness? --- correct answer --- Elastin

What hormone stimulates cells to reproduce and heal? --- correct answer --- Epidermal growth factor (EGF)

What is true of the epidermis? --- correct answer --- It is the outermost layer of the skin

What performs the functions of stimulating cells, collagen, and amino acids that form proteins? --- correct answer --- Fibroblasts

What term do clients commonly use when referring to follicles? --- correct answer --- Pores

What comprises about 50-70 percent of the skin? --- correct answer --- Water

What causes the body to produce its own vitamin D? --- correct answer --- Exposure to the sun

What is NOT one of the six primary functions of the skin? --- correct answer --- Reflection

What function does the enzyme tyrosinase perform? --- correct answer --- Stimulates melanocytes and thus produces melanin

What is the other type of melanin the body produces, besides eumelanin? --- correct answer --- Pheomelanin

How many times thicker than the epidermis is the dermis approximately? --

- correct answer --- 25

When do free radicals produce more free radicals? --- correct answer --- While causing oxidation reactions

What causes skin cells' built-in antioxidants to lose their ability to protect cells? --- correct answer --- Sun exposure

What is true of sun exposure? --- correct answer --- Of all factors, it has the greatest impact on how our skin ages

What are keratinocytes? --- correct answer --- Epidermal cells composed of keratin, lipids, and other proteins

Where in the skin are lymph vessels located? --- correct answer --- Dermis

What protein determines hair, eye, and skin color? --- correct answer --- Melanin

What are melanocytes? --- correct answer --- Cells that produce skin pigment granules in the basal layer

What are melanosomes? --- correct answer --- Pigment carrying granules that produce melanin

What is true of the papillary layer of the skin? --- correct answer --- It is the top layer of the dermis

What is true of the reticular layer of the skin? --- correct answer --- It is the deepest layer of the dermis

What term is used to describe any mark, wound, or abnormality? --- correct answer --- Lesion

What is leukoderma? --- correct answer --- Light patches caused by destroyed pigment producing cells

What is the term for a flat spot of discoloration, such as a freckle? --- correct answer --- Macule

What is true of malignant melanoma? --- correct answer --- It is the most serious form of skin cancer

What condition is also known as melasma? --- correct answer --- Hyperpigmentation

What is an example of epidermal cysts? --- correct answer --- Milia

What is another name for the acute inflammatory disorder miliaria rubra? --

- correct answer --- Prickly heat

What term refers to a pigmented nevus? --- correct answer --- Mole

What are nodules? --- correct answer --- Small bumps caused by conditions such as scar tissue or infections

What is another name for a nevus? --- correct answer --- Birthmark

What is a tubercle? --- correct answer --- Abnormal rounded, solid lump larger than a papule

What is tinea versicolor? --- correct answer --- Yeast infection of the skin that inhibits melanin production

What is the common name for the contagious infection tinea corporis? --- correct answer --- Ringworm

What is the generic term for a fungal infection? --- correct answer --- Tinea

What is the scientific term for couperose skin? --- correct answer --- Telangiectasia

What causes the skin to tan upon exposure to UV radiation? --- correct answer --- Increase in pigmentation

What is a steatoma? --- correct answer --- Sebaceous cyst of subcutaneous tumor filled with sebum

What is the term for a brown or wine-colored discoloration? --- correct answer --- Stain

What is a characteristic of the form of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma? --- correct answer --- Scaly, red or pink papules or nodules

What are skin tags? --- correct answer --- Small, benign outgrowths of the skin that look like flaps

What is rosacea? --- correct answer --- Condition characterized by redness and dilation of blood vessles

What is the term for flaky skin cells or any thin plate of epidermal flakes, dry or oily? --- correct answer --- Scales

What is a light colored, slightly raised mark on the skin that is formed after an injury or lesion of the skin has healed? --- correct answer --- Scar

What are sebaceous filaments? --- correct answer --- Mainly solidified impactions of oil without the cell matter

What is an example of sebaceous hyperplasia? --- correct answer --- Benign lesions frequently seen in oilier areas of the face

What is acne? --- correct answer --- Chronic inflammatory skin disorder of the sebaceous glands

What is acne excorciee? --- correct answer --- Disorder where clients purposely scrape off acne lesions

What are actinic keratoses? --- correct answer --- Punk or flesh colored precancerous lesions that result from sun damage

What is albinism? --- correct answer --- Medical condition defined by an absence of melanin pigment

What is anhidrosis? --- correct answer --- Deficiency in perspiration

What is asteatosis? --- correct answer --- Dry, scaly skin from sebum deficiency

What is the term for excess inflammation from allergies and irritants? --- correct answer --- Atopic dermatitis

What is true of basal cell carcinoma --- correct answer --- It is the least severe type of skin cancer

What is the term for foul-smelling perspiration, usually in the armpits or on the feet? --- correct answer --- Bromhidrosis

What is a bulla? --- correct answer --- Large blister containing watery fluid that is larger than a vesicle

What is hyperkeratosis? --- correct answer --- Thickening of the skin caused by a mass of keratinized cells

What is the term for overproduction of pigment? --- correct answer --- Hyperpigmentation

What is hypopigmentation? --- correct answer --- Lack of pigment

What is hypertrophy? --- correct answer --- Abnormal growth

What is impetigo? --- correct answer --- Contagious bacterial infection marked by clusters of small blisters

What is a thick scar resulting from excessive growth of fibrous tissue? --- correct answer --- Keloid

What is a keratoma? --- correct answer --- Acquired, thickened patch of epidermis

What are abnormally thick build-up of cells? --- correct answer --- Keratoses

What is keratosis pilaris? --- correct answer --- Redness and bumpiness in cheeks caused by blocked follicles

What is the scientific name for a freckle? --- correct answer --- Lentigo

What are secondary lesions? --- correct answer --- Skin damage that changes the structure of tissues or organs

What is seborrheic dermatitis? --- correct answer --- Common form of eczema

What is severe oiliness of the skin called? --- correct answer --- Seborrhea

Where in the face does the acne-like condition perioral dermatitis manifest? --- correct answer --- Mouth

What is a characteristic of primary lesions? --- correct answer --- Flat, nonpalpable changes in skin color such as maculae or patches

What is the term for persistent itching? --- correct answer --- Pruitis

What is the common name for pseudofolliculitis? --- correct answer --- Razor Bumps

What is a characteristic of psoriasis? --- correct answer --- Red patches covered with white-silver scales

What is a pustule? --- correct answer --- Inflamed papule

When someone has retention hyperkeratinosis, what builds up and fails to shed from the follicles as happens in normal skin? --- correct answer --- Dead skin cells

What is the term for a cluster of boils? --- correct answer --- Carbuncle

What is the common name for chloasma? --- correct answer --- Liver spots

What is true of a comedogenic product? --- correct answer --- It tends to clog follicles and cause a buildup of dead skin cells

What is a comedone? --- correct answer --- Mass of hardened sebum and skin cells in a hair follicle

What is the common name for the very contagious infection conjunctivitis? - -- correct answer --- Pinkeye

What is contact dermatitis? --- correct answer --- An inflammation caused by contact with a substance or chemical

What is crust an accumulation of? --- correct answer --- Sebum and pus

What is a closed, abnormally developed sac containing fluid, infection, or other matter above and below the skin? --- correct answer --- Cyst

What is dermatitis? --- correct answer --- Any inflammatory condition of the skin

What type of physician specializes in treating skin disorders and diseases? - -- correct answer --- Dermatologist

What is a papule? --- correct answer --- Small elevation of the skin that contains no fluid and may develop pus

What are NOT examples of wheals? --- correct answer --- Pustules

What is vitiligo? --- correct answer --- Pigmentation disease characterized by white patches

What is a small blister or sac containing clear fluid? --- correct answer --- Vesicle

What is the common name for the hypertrophy of the papillae and epidermis known as verruca? --- correct answer --- Wart

What is another term for varicose veins? --- correct answer --- Vascular lesions

What is the term for vascular dilation of blood vessels? --- correct answer --- Vasodilation

What is the common name for urticaria, which is caused by an allergic reaction from the body's histamine production? --- correct answer --- Hives

What accompanies an ulcer in addition to a loss of skin depth? --- correct answer --- Pus

What is the term for an abnormal cell mass that results from excessive cell multiplication and varies in size, shape, and color? --- correct answer --- Tumor

What is eczema? --- correct answer --- Inflammatory, painful itching disease of the skin

What is edema? --- correct answer --- Swelling caused by a fluid imbalance in cells

What is erythema? --- correct answer --- Redness caused by inflammation

What is excoriation? --- correct answer --- Skin sore or abrasion produced by scratching or scraping

What is a fissure? --- correct answer --- Crack in the skin that penetrates the dermis

What is folliculitis? --- correct answer --- Inflammation of the hair follicles

What is true of herpes simplex 1? --- correct answer --- It causes fever blisters and cold sores

What is the common name for the painful viral infection herpes zoster? --- correct answer --- Shingles

What is hyperhidrosis? --- correct answer --- Excessive perspiration

What is a characteristic of seborrhea? --- correct answer --- Oily skin

What are intrinsic factors? --- correct answer --- Factors related to our body's internal health

What are extrinsic factors? --- correct answer --- Health factors outside the body

What is true of sun damage? --- correct answer --- It is the main extrinsic cause of aging

What does dehydrated skin lack? --- correct answer --- Water

What is NOT an indicator of dry skin? --- correct answer --- Absorbs product slowly

What is true of normal skin? --- correct answer --- It has a good oil-water balance

Where on the face of a client with normal skin are follicles smaller to medium? --- correct answer --- On the edge of the T-zone by the nose

What skin type is associated with the treatment goals of maintenance and preventative care? --- correct answer --- Normal

What skin type is associated with the treatment goals of using occlusive products to reduce transepidermal water loss? --- correct answer --- Dry

What skin type is associated with the treatment goals of extra cleansing and exfoliating? --- correct answer --- Oily

What skin type is associated with the treatment goals of soothing, drying and protecting? --- correct answer --- Sensitive

Where on the face of a client with combination skin are the follicles medium to larger? --- correct answer --- Outside the T-zone on the cheeks

What causes actinic aging? --- correct answer --- Sun exposure

What does alipidic skin lack? --- correct answer --- Oil

What are contraindications? --- correct answer --- Factors that prohibit a treatment

What type of skin is indicated by redness and is the result of distended capillaries from weakening of the capillary walls? --- correct answer --- Couperose

What does the Fitzpatrick scale measure? --- correct answer --- Skins ability to tolerate sun exposure

What does the term keratosis refer to? --- correct answer --- Abnormally thick build up of cells

What do occlusive products reduce? --- correct answer --- Water loss

When should you analyze the clients skin type and conditions? --- correct answer --- Before performing services

What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person with middle eastern skin, dark or black hair and brown eyes? --- correct answer --- Type V

What are the general characteristics of type III skin on the Fitzpatrick scale? --- correct answer --- Fair skin, varied eye color, varied hair color

What is type IV skin on the Fitzpatrick scale? --- correct answer - -- Black skin

What is true of type I skin on the Fitzpatrick scale? --- correct answer --- Always burns

What is true of type VI skin on the Fitzpatrick scale? --- correct answer --- May never burn

What evaluates photodamage based on wrinkling categorized by age? --- correct answer --- Glogau Scale

What makes one persons skin darker than another persons skin? --- correct answer --- Greater amount of melanin

What skin type is more likely to have a greater problem with hyperpigmentation than other skin types? --- correct answer --- Dark

What is a characteristic of actinic keratosis? --- correct answer --- Rough area resulting from sun exposure, sometimes peeling off

What is a characteristic of erythema? --- correct answer --- Redness caused by inflammation

What term indicates that a treatment is prohibited for a particular client? --

- correct answer --- Contraindicated

What are skin types? --- correct answer --- Classifications that describe a persons genetic skin type

What determines a persons skin type? --- correct answer --- Genetics and ethnicity

What can be indicated by the size of the pores in the T-zone and throughout the face? --- correct answer --- Skin type

What is NOT one of the four skin types? --- correct answer --- Sensitive

What skin types require proper cleansing, exfoliating and hydrating? --- correct answer --- All skin types

What is a characteristic of dry skin? --- correct answer --- Small follicles

What type of skin needs extra care because it does not produce enough oil? - -- correct answer --- Dry

What is a characteristic of dry skin? --- correct answer --- Tight feeling, slightly rough

What is another name for oily skin? --- correct answer --- Lipidic skin

What is a characteristic of oily skin? --- correct answer --- Follicles that are visible or larger over most of the face

What is oily skin prone to because pores get clogged with oil? --- correct answer --- Blemishes

What should you try to balance is all skin types? --- correct answer --- Barrier function

What type of skin ages more slowly than other types? --- correct answer --- Oily skin

What is a characteristic of sensitive skin? --- correct answer --- Fragile, thin skin and redness

What type of skin can be difficult to treat because of its low tolerance for products and stimulation? --- correct answer --- Sensitive

What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person with very fair skin, blonde or red hair, light colored eyes, and possibly freckles? --- correct answer --- Type I

What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person with Mediterranean Caucasian skin and dark brown hair? --- correct answer --- Type IV

What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person with fair skin, light eyes and light hair? --- correct answer --- Type II

What are botanicals made from? --- correct answer --- Plants and herbs

What is NOT among the components of lipids? --- correct answer --- Botanicals

What is NOT something from which healing agents are made? --- correct answer --- Recycled plastics

What is a possible advantage of synthetic ingredients over natural ingredients? --- correct answer --- Fewer allergic reactions

When is a manufacturer responsible for a clients allergic reaction to a product? --- correct answer --- When the product is taken directly from the manufacturers packaging

When is the salon responsible for a clients allergic reaction to a product? --- correct answer --- When the product is purchased in bulk and repackaged by the salon

What is true of organic labeling standards for cosmetics in the United States? --- correct answer --- There are no such standards in the United States

What is NOT an area requiring approval from the FDA? --- correct answer --- Cosmetic manufacturing

What term refers to skin-freshening lotions with a low alcohol content? --- correct answer --- Fresheners

What is NOT among the purposes of functional ingredients in cosmetic products? --- correct answer --- Making products affordable

What is NOT true of glycerin? --- correct answer --- It is a very weak water binder

What term refers to an exfoliating cream that is rubbed off the skin? --- correct answer --- Gommage

What is grapeseed extract? --- correct answer --- Powerful antioxidant with soothing properties

What are hydrators? --- correct answer --- Ingredients that attract water to the skins surface

What are alpha Hydroxy acids? --- correct answer --- Products that exfoliate by loosening bonds between dead cells

What type of product does NOT sometimes include alcohol? --- correct answer --- Paraffin mask

What is NOT true of aloe Vera? --- correct answer --- It is the least popular botanical used in cosmetic formulations

Where in the body is alpha liponic acid found? --- correct answer --- Every cell

What is an ampoule? --- correct answer --- Small, sealed vial

What is aromatherapy? --- correct answer --- Therapeutic use of plant aromas and essential oils

What are astringents? --- correct answer --- Liquids that help remove excess oil on the skin?

What is NOT true of benzoyl peroxide? --- correct answer --- It is a type of alpha Hydroxy acid

What is a good or drink that does NOT aggravate rosacea? --- correct answer --- Milk

What skin condition can be prevented by staying out of the sun and wearing protective clothing and sunscreen daily? --- correct answer --- Hyperpigmentation

What does it mean if a client says the extractions are painful? --- correct answer --- Extraction method being used is probably too rough and forceful

What is NOT among the environmental aggravators that clients with acne should avoid? --- correct answer --- Water

What procedure should you recommend that clients with acne add to their home care twice per week? --- correct answer --- Clay mask

What are finger cots? --- correct answer --- Individual finger "gloves" used for extractions

What will you be able to perform easily and efficiently once you understand the angle of the various follicles in the different locations on the skin? --- correct answer --- Extractions

When in the extraction process is a healing mask beneficial? --- correct answer --- After all the extractions are done

What is NOT one of the beneficial effects that warmth has on skin? --- correct answer --- Decreases circulation

What is NOT a risk associated with keeping hot towels on the skin for too long? --- correct answer --- Overmoisturization

What is extraction? --- correct answer --- Manually removing impurities and comedones from follicles

What is NOT one of the functions of a treatment mask? --- correct answer --- Loosening the skin

When in the facial process should a calming, hydrating mask be applied? --- correct answer --- Only at the end

What becomes trapped under a paraffin mask and promotes penetration of ingredients deeper into the skin? --- correct answer --- Heat

Why should you offer clients water after performing services? --- correct answer --- To facilitate rehydration

What should you do at the end of the service? --- correct answer --- Book the clients next appointment

Why should you apply products moderately? --- correct answer --- Too much of a good thing can counteract benefits

What aspect of services is affected by the considerations of efficiency and laundry costs? --- correct answer --- Draping

What skin type is associated with the treatment goal of stimulating sebum production? --- correct answer --- Dry skin

What type of enzyme peel should you use to exfoliate dry skin? --- correct answer --- Gentle

What is NOT a recommended treatment for dry skin? --- correct answer --- Harsh exfoliation

What can be caused by exposure to extreme climates, extreme weight loss, and physiological disease? --- correct answer --- Accelerated skin aging

Where are corrective treatments the focus? --- correct answer --- Medical offices

When during the facial procedure should you perform the client consultation? --- correct answer --- At the beginning

She. Should you apply warm towels? --- correct answer --- After the dry skin analysis

What type of cleanser is difficult to quickly and efficiently remove? --- correct answer --- Foaming

When is exfoliation most effective? --- correct answer --- After cleansing

What is NOT a beneficial treatment for sensitive skin? --- correct answer --- Harsh cleansers

What are considered vasoconstricting? --- correct answer --- Cold towels

What is desincrustation? --- correct answer --- Process used to soften oil and comedones in follicles

What is folliculitis? --- correct answer --- Inflammation of the hair follicles?

What is a use for cool towels? --- correct answer --- Calming sensitive skin

What skin type benefits from light, water based products? --- correct answer --- Oily skin

What massaging action should you NOT use on the center of the neck? --- correct answer --- Pressing down

What part of the body should you avoid tapping because tapping in that area will feel unpleasant to the client? --- correct answer --- Jawbone

What is feathering? --- correct answer --- Term used for the slowing-down movements at the end of a massage

What is true about the décolleté? --- correct answer --- That is where you begin your massage procedure

How many milliliters of product should you use o the facial area? --- correct answer --- Five

What is acupressure? --- correct answer --- Oriental technique of applying pressure to specific body points

What is chucking? --- correct answer --- Grasping flesh in one hand while the other hand holds the limb