ITEC EPILATION REVISION QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
What does sensitivity during epilation depend upon? - Answers -Location of nerves,
depth of the follicle
What is the definition of terminal hair? - Answers -deep-rooted, coarse, pigmented hair
What is thermal diffusion? - Answers -Heat-bridging, when heat in the tissue spreads
out and joins together creating more heat
Can be a sign of excessive current or current applied for too long or in too small an area
Which of the following forms the protective outer layer of the hair? - Answers -Cuticle
How many layer does the epidermis contain? - Answers -5
What is sebum insulation? - Answers -The sebum acts as an insulator to the epidermis
from the action of the high frequency or galvanic current
What is produced during the anagen phase of hair growth to give hair its colour? -
Answers -Melanin
Which is the thickest layer of the hair? - Answers -Cortex
Which of the following provides the main blood supply to the hair? - Answers -The
dermal papilla
What key function does the erector pili muscle have? - Answers -Assists the
temperature control
Which of the following is the primary site in the epidermis where mitosis occurs? -
Answers -Stratum germination
What precautions should be taken if treated telogen hairs? - Answers -Hairs in telogen
require very little current, special care must be taken to avoid burning the surface of the
skin as the hairs are often high in the follicle.
What is the critical level? - Answers -Located in the bulb of the hair, this is where cells
differentiate to become either the inner root sheath or the hair
In what stage of growth would a clubbed hair usually be found? - Answers -Catagen
Which of the following is considered to be the resting stage of the hair cycle? - Answers
-Telogen
VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
What does sensitivity during epilation depend upon? - Answers -Location of nerves,
depth of the follicle
What is the definition of terminal hair? - Answers -deep-rooted, coarse, pigmented hair
What is thermal diffusion? - Answers -Heat-bridging, when heat in the tissue spreads
out and joins together creating more heat
Can be a sign of excessive current or current applied for too long or in too small an area
Which of the following forms the protective outer layer of the hair? - Answers -Cuticle
How many layer does the epidermis contain? - Answers -5
What is sebum insulation? - Answers -The sebum acts as an insulator to the epidermis
from the action of the high frequency or galvanic current
What is produced during the anagen phase of hair growth to give hair its colour? -
Answers -Melanin
Which is the thickest layer of the hair? - Answers -Cortex
Which of the following provides the main blood supply to the hair? - Answers -The
dermal papilla
What key function does the erector pili muscle have? - Answers -Assists the
temperature control
Which of the following is the primary site in the epidermis where mitosis occurs? -
Answers -Stratum germination
What precautions should be taken if treated telogen hairs? - Answers -Hairs in telogen
require very little current, special care must be taken to avoid burning the surface of the
skin as the hairs are often high in the follicle.
What is the critical level? - Answers -Located in the bulb of the hair, this is where cells
differentiate to become either the inner root sheath or the hair
In what stage of growth would a clubbed hair usually be found? - Answers -Catagen
Which of the following is considered to be the resting stage of the hair cycle? - Answers
-Telogen
