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Basic Esthetician Study Guide FINAL
Utah 2024 Jordan with Complete
Solutions
What type of massage technique includes squeezing, rolling, and pinching? - Answer✔✔-Petrissage
Phototherapy is the use of ___________ for therapeutic benefits - Answer✔✔-Plant extracts
What are scabies? - Answer✔✔-Rash caused by mites, contagious, burrow under skin
What is the muscle that extends from the chest and shoulder to the chin? - Answer✔✔-Platysma
What is Tinea Corporis and is it contagious? - Answer✔✔-Ringworn and it's highly contagious
What are the disorders of the sudoriferous glands? - Answer✔✔-Anhidrosis & bromhidrosis
At what point in adolescence are the sebaceous glands stimulated? - Answer✔✔-Puberty
Which AHA has the smallest molecular size? - Answer✔✔-Glycolic acid
What type of muscles are also known as involuntary muscles? - Answer✔✔-Non-striated
What type of current does galvanic use? - Answer✔✔-Direct current
What is NOT a primary function of the lymphatic system? - Answer✔✔-Closes injuries by forming clots,
preventing blood loss
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What are the 6 function of the skin? (SHAPES) - Answer✔✔-Sensation, Heat Regulation, Absorption,
Protection, Excretion, Secretion
What does the S in SHAPES stand for - Answer✔✔-Sensation
What does the H in SHAPES stand for - Answer✔✔-Heat Regulation
What does the A in SHAPES stand for - Answer✔✔-Absorption
What does the P in SHAPES stand for - Answer✔✔-Protection
What does the E in SHAPES stand for - Answer✔✔-Excretion
What does the second S in SHAPES stand for - Answer✔✔-Secretion
Which two ethnicities tend to age slower? - Answer✔✔-African Americans & Asians
What is the ring muscle around the mouth? - Answer✔✔-Orbicularis Oris
Microdermabrasion is what type of exfoliation? - Answer✔✔-Mechanical/Physical
What color is the skin if a client suffers with jaundice? - Answer✔✔-Yellow
An inactive stage where certain bacteria coat themselves with a waxy outer shell making them able to
withstand long periods of famine, dryness, and unsuitable temperatures - Answer✔✔-Spore-Forming
What is another name for the Central Nervous System? - Answer✔✔-Cerebrospinal System
Which of the following bacteria is found in soil and water and is ofen associated with pedicure bowls? -
Answer✔✔-Mycobacterium
What is epithelial tissue? - Answer✔✔-Protective covering of the body surfaces
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What is considered the only true method of permanent hair removal? - Answer✔✔-Electrolysis
__________ & ___________ nourish the skin. - Answer✔✔-Blood & Lymph
The pH scale is a ____________ scale, meaning the change of a whole number represents a tenfold
change. - Answer✔✔-Logarithmic
What skin conditions should be avoided when working with a suction or vacuum machine? - Answer✔✔-
Inflamed, Couperose Skin, Inflamed Acne
What ingredient is used in sunscreens to help reflect and scatter UV radiation? - Answer✔✔-Titanium
dioxide
During galvanic treatment, which electrode does the client hold? - Answer✔✔-Postive
What are desmosomes? - Answer✔✔-structures that assist in strengthening & holding cells together
Name the 3 phases of hair growth - Answer✔✔-Anagen, Catagen, Telogen
Why is facial powder beneficial in makeup application? - Answer✔✔-Sets the foundation and finishes the
makeup with a matte finish
What organization defines cosmetics? - Answer✔✔-FDA
What is the most common and least severe type of skin cancer? How does it appear? - Answer✔✔-Basal
cell carcinoma. Light pearly nodules, smooth growth, and elevated borders
What is staphlococci? - Answer✔✔-Pus-forming bacteria that grows in clusters like a bunch of grapes
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