IBEC Study Guide Electrology Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Archard-Theirs Syndrome - ✔✔hormonal disorder seen in postmenopausal
women with diabetes - growth of body hair in masculine distribution
Acne - ✔✔inflammatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous glands
and hair follicles
ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) - ✔✔Stimulates adrenal cortex to
release glucocorticoids (cortisol)
Adipose - ✔✔Pertaining to fat
adrenal glands - ✔✔Paired glands above the kidney-two parts the cortex
and medulla. Secretes cortisol and androgens
adrenal virilism - ✔✔development of male secondary sexual characteristics
in a female- excessive production of androgenic hormones
AIDS - ✔✔Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
allergy - ✔✔abnormal hypersensitivity acquired by exposure to an antigen
alopecia - ✔✔baldness or hair loss, that may be in patches or total
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, Alternating Current (AC) - ✔✔A flow of electric charge that regularly
reverses its direction. Also changes magnitude
amenorrhea - ✔✔Stoppage of absence of menstruation
Ampere (A) - ✔✔Measures electric current
Anagen - ✔✔The period of active hair growth- growing phase
Anaphoresis - ✔✔process of forcing liquids into the tissues from the
negative toward the positive pole
Androgens - ✔✔Any steroid hormone that increases male characteristics
Anode - ✔✔Positive pole
anovulatory - ✔✔without ovulation- common sign of infertility
antiseptic - ✔✔chemical used to inhibit or kill microorganisms on skin or
tissue- not the same as those used for disinfection
apocrine sweat glands - ✔✔found primarily in the armpit and genitals.
Larger than the eccrine glands- thicker secretion material than watery
sweat
arrector pili muscle - ✔✔An involuntary muscle fiber attached to the
underside & base of the hair follicle- causes goose bumps
Asepsis - ✔✔Being free from infection
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Archard-Theirs Syndrome - ✔✔hormonal disorder seen in postmenopausal
women with diabetes - growth of body hair in masculine distribution
Acne - ✔✔inflammatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous glands
and hair follicles
ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) - ✔✔Stimulates adrenal cortex to
release glucocorticoids (cortisol)
Adipose - ✔✔Pertaining to fat
adrenal glands - ✔✔Paired glands above the kidney-two parts the cortex
and medulla. Secretes cortisol and androgens
adrenal virilism - ✔✔development of male secondary sexual characteristics
in a female- excessive production of androgenic hormones
AIDS - ✔✔Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
allergy - ✔✔abnormal hypersensitivity acquired by exposure to an antigen
alopecia - ✔✔baldness or hair loss, that may be in patches or total
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, Alternating Current (AC) - ✔✔A flow of electric charge that regularly
reverses its direction. Also changes magnitude
amenorrhea - ✔✔Stoppage of absence of menstruation
Ampere (A) - ✔✔Measures electric current
Anagen - ✔✔The period of active hair growth- growing phase
Anaphoresis - ✔✔process of forcing liquids into the tissues from the
negative toward the positive pole
Androgens - ✔✔Any steroid hormone that increases male characteristics
Anode - ✔✔Positive pole
anovulatory - ✔✔without ovulation- common sign of infertility
antiseptic - ✔✔chemical used to inhibit or kill microorganisms on skin or
tissue- not the same as those used for disinfection
apocrine sweat glands - ✔✔found primarily in the armpit and genitals.
Larger than the eccrine glands- thicker secretion material than watery
sweat
arrector pili muscle - ✔✔An involuntary muscle fiber attached to the
underside & base of the hair follicle- causes goose bumps
Asepsis - ✔✔Being free from infection
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
