ELECTROLYSIS REVIEW QUIZ
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In what type of skin are melanocytes more active - Answer-Dark skin
What layer is composed of fine and loosely arranged collagen fibers - Answer-
Papillary layer
Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen and elastic fibers -
Answer-Reticular
Which layer is at the base of the dermis and is composed of fatty adipose tissue -
Answer-Subcutaneous and subcutis
What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in the follicle - Answer-inner root
sheath (IRS)
What type of gland is located in the genital and axillae areas and usually the "smelly
ones" - Answer-Apocrine glands
In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the largest - Answer-
Under arm
In which gland does the vellus hair originate - Answer-Sebaceous gland
What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate and protect the skin -
Answer-Sebum (lipids)
In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for electrologist to epilate - Answer-Late
anagen
What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached midway between the bulb in
the sebaceous gland (gives goosebumps or makes hair stand up) - Answer-Arrector
pili
What is also known as baby fetal hair that falls off a few weeks after birth - Answer-
Lanugo
Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin - Answer-Cortex
Name the layers of the hair from the inside out - Answer-Medulla, cortex, cuticle
Which of the following can cause increased hair growth - Answer-Sun, stress,
tweezing and aspirin
Which of the following is not part of the pilosebaceous unit - Answer-Sudoriferous
gland
, The hair and follicle are part of the - Answer-Epidermis and pilosebaceous unit
The flow of electrons along a wire cannot occur unless there is - Answer-Electrical
pressure (Voltage)
The galvanic modality effects permanent hair removal by - Answer-Chemical
decomposition
Causes of blanching include which of the following - Answer-Over treatment of the
skin and shallow insertion
What type of hair is associates with or emanates from round follicles - Answer-
Straight
What type of hair is associated with or emanates from oval follicles - Answer-Wavy
What type of hair is associated with or emanates from flat follicles - Answer-Very
curly
What is described as capillaries leaking plasma into an injured area - Answer-
Swelling, edema
What is seen as a black and blue mark under the skin after inserting into a follicle
and commonly seen in eyebrows - Answer-Ecchymosis, bruising
Patient Threshold - Answer-What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate
without the treatment becoming impossible called?
The blend is achieved by using - Answer-High frequency and galvanic current
Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes the lye to be -
Answer-more caustic
What is excess hair that is not abnormal for a persons age and sex, but is not
desired or socially acceptable - Answer-superfluous
When a client has been tweezing weekly, most of the hair in the area of tweezing will
be in what stage of growth - Answer-Early anagen
What types of hairs are deep, course, usually pigmented - Answer-Terminal
What type of hair is fine, short and often called "peach fuzz" - Answer-Vellus
In which layer of the skin is eleidin found - Answer-Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum
What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis" - Answer-Dermis
What is another name for redness - Answer-Erythema
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In what type of skin are melanocytes more active - Answer-Dark skin
What layer is composed of fine and loosely arranged collagen fibers - Answer-
Papillary layer
Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen and elastic fibers -
Answer-Reticular
Which layer is at the base of the dermis and is composed of fatty adipose tissue -
Answer-Subcutaneous and subcutis
What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in the follicle - Answer-inner root
sheath (IRS)
What type of gland is located in the genital and axillae areas and usually the "smelly
ones" - Answer-Apocrine glands
In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the largest - Answer-
Under arm
In which gland does the vellus hair originate - Answer-Sebaceous gland
What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate and protect the skin -
Answer-Sebum (lipids)
In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for electrologist to epilate - Answer-Late
anagen
What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached midway between the bulb in
the sebaceous gland (gives goosebumps or makes hair stand up) - Answer-Arrector
pili
What is also known as baby fetal hair that falls off a few weeks after birth - Answer-
Lanugo
Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin - Answer-Cortex
Name the layers of the hair from the inside out - Answer-Medulla, cortex, cuticle
Which of the following can cause increased hair growth - Answer-Sun, stress,
tweezing and aspirin
Which of the following is not part of the pilosebaceous unit - Answer-Sudoriferous
gland
, The hair and follicle are part of the - Answer-Epidermis and pilosebaceous unit
The flow of electrons along a wire cannot occur unless there is - Answer-Electrical
pressure (Voltage)
The galvanic modality effects permanent hair removal by - Answer-Chemical
decomposition
Causes of blanching include which of the following - Answer-Over treatment of the
skin and shallow insertion
What type of hair is associates with or emanates from round follicles - Answer-
Straight
What type of hair is associated with or emanates from oval follicles - Answer-Wavy
What type of hair is associated with or emanates from flat follicles - Answer-Very
curly
What is described as capillaries leaking plasma into an injured area - Answer-
Swelling, edema
What is seen as a black and blue mark under the skin after inserting into a follicle
and commonly seen in eyebrows - Answer-Ecchymosis, bruising
Patient Threshold - Answer-What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate
without the treatment becoming impossible called?
The blend is achieved by using - Answer-High frequency and galvanic current
Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes the lye to be -
Answer-more caustic
What is excess hair that is not abnormal for a persons age and sex, but is not
desired or socially acceptable - Answer-superfluous
When a client has been tweezing weekly, most of the hair in the area of tweezing will
be in what stage of growth - Answer-Early anagen
What types of hairs are deep, course, usually pigmented - Answer-Terminal
What type of hair is fine, short and often called "peach fuzz" - Answer-Vellus
In which layer of the skin is eleidin found - Answer-Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum
What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis" - Answer-Dermis
What is another name for redness - Answer-Erythema
