SB Questions Flashcards
Method of evaluating and quantifying hirsutism in women
Ferryman galley
A deficiency in ADH causes the body to produce large amounts of urine
Diabetes insipudis
Secrets melatonin
Pineal gland
Regulates metabolism,utilizes iodine from food
Thyroid
We cannot live without
T3 Triiodothyronine
Controls heart rate blood pressure and basal metabolic rate
T4 Thyroxine
Will increase calcium when necessary
Parathyroid
Will decrease calcium when necessary
Thyroid
Regulates H20 balance between kidneys
Vasopressin
Fat deposits that will cause hardened arteries
Atherosclerosis
Calcium deposits that causes hardened arteries
Arteriosclerosis
Located behind the sternum makes thymosin
Thymus
Produces 50 different steroids
Adrenal cortex
Diabetes of the bearded women
Achard theirs syndrome
Darkening of armpits and back of the neck and upper arms
Insulin resistance
Acanthosis nigricans
Amount of energy per area measures in ?
Fluence
Skin type 1
Red heads
Pulse width = pulse duration
Length of time the light (energy) is in contact with the target
Closely related modality to electrolysis
Thermolysis
TRT
Amount of time required for a given heated tissue to lose 50% of its heat thru diffusion
6 months (180 days)
Accutane
Most heat resistant bacteria
Tuberculosis
Requires a host cell to thrive and reproduce
Viruse
The most heat resistant virus in the world
Can survive up to 7 days outside the body
HBV
Most dangerous of the hepatitis family
Contracted through sex or blood
HCV
3 H’s
Hepatitis, herpes,HIV
Hospital grade disinfectant
Low level,environmental surfaces
What do you use to clean the skin
Antiseptic
The distance from the surface of the epidermis to the bottom of the bulb
Hair depth
Always expect to insert deeper when entering a follicle with___hair
Grey hair
Overtreatment of the cartilage will cause it to shrink
Do not work both sides of the tragi
Thermolysis heat production
Conduction
The amount of electrons flowing from a conductor
Durrent density
The current will return to the machine by means of radiation through air
Capacitive return
At some point based on the clients threshold or skin tolerance you will reach the optimum setting
Working point
If nothing changes and you switch to an insulated needle the heat at the tip will be?
Hotter
The smallest unit of a substance (matter)
Ex. Water
Molecule
Smallest unit of universe
Atom
Center of energy
Nucleus
Pressure is what
(DC/AC)
DC
Magnetic is what
(AC/DC)
AC
Path of the electrical current
Circuit
Current that flows even and constant in one direction
DC= battery / chemical current
The count of electrons are measured in
Coulomb
Current will not flow among the wire unless u have
Volt (pressure)
Unit measured in electrical power
Watt
Unit measured of electrical energy
Joules
Measurement of current flow intensity of current strength of current
Ampere
Ma- milliampere or 1/1000 of amp
A natural magnetic made of magnetite
Lodstone
Unit measure of frequency
Hertz
Removed ingrown eyelashes
Charles E. Michel 1875
What is galvanic electrolysis
Removing hair by chemical decomposition
Original modality for hair removal
What is produced when you put the needle in the follicle? At the needle (- pole) cathod
Sodium hydroxide
What is produced at the indifferent electrode (+ pole)
HCI hydrochloric acid
uL= Ma x sec
Faradays law
An area that belong to the needle within the zone where all tissue is 100% destroyed
Critical zone
Pattern of destruction
Depends on moist gradient
Irritates skin promotes redness
Anaphoresis
Reduces redness, smoothes nerves
Cathaphoresis
What disease does the mite cause
Scabies
A disease or infection that spreads on the face of a client after electrolysis
Impetigo
A singed hair remaining in a treated follicle caused by laser in referred to as
Lesions
Pregnant women can develop
Gestational diabetes
A chronic systemic autoimmune disease ,hardening of the skin
Scleroderma
Most common skin cancer
Basal cell carcinoma
Precursor to melanoma
Actinic keratosis
The electrologist /laser tech should work as close to this as possible
Pain threshold
How many seconds complete a cycle of blood
23 sec
The human body contains CD4 which are white blood cells that initiate
Immune response to infection
How long can a person remain asymptomatic when contracted with HIV
10 years
Anagen 6 is the
Deepest stage
What is the hormone that raises blood sugar in the body
Glucagon
Only___ decrease sugar in the body
Insulin