ESTHETICS: OREGON STATE BOARD PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+.

ESTHETICS: OREGON STATE BOARD PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+. 2 / 9 1. What is the barrier created by skin using both sebum and sweat?: Acidmantle 2. What is the chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is reduced andthe reducing agent is oxidized?: Oxidation-reduction (redox) 3. What is the subtraction of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen called?: Re-duction 4. What does it mean if a liquid is immiscible?: The liquids are not mutuallysoluble. 5. What does hydrophilic mean?: Water loving 6. What does lipophilic mean?: Oil loving 7. What are electrotherapy treatments often called?: Modalities 8. What are the most common used modalities in aesthetics today?: Galvaniccurrent, microcurrent, and Tesla high-frequency current 9. What type of current is a galvanic current?: Direct current 10. What modality uses an extremely low level of electricity that mirrors thebody's own natural electrical impulses?: Microcurrent 11. Cataphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current: Produces acidic reactionsCloses the pores Soothes the nerves Decreases blood supply Contracts blood vessels Hardens and firms tissues 12. Anaphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current: Produces alkaline reactionsOpen the pores Stimulate and irritate the nerves Increases blood supply Expands blood vessels Softens tissues 13. Effects of Microcurrent: Improve blood and lymph circulation Produces acidic and alkaline reaction opens and closes hair follicles and poresIncreases muscle tone Restores elasticity Reduces redness and inflammation Minimizes healing time in acne lesions enter improved barrier function of the skinIncreases metabolism 3 / 9 14. What is another name forTesla high frequency current?: Violet ray 15. Whatisthe thermal or heat producing current with a high rate of oscillationor vibration?: Tesla high frequency current 16. Effects ofTesla high-frequency current: Stimulates blood circulationIncreases elimination and absorption Increases metabolism Improves germicidal actionRelieve congestion 17. What are the three types of electromagnetic energy?: Visible light, invisibleinfrared light, and invisible ultraviolet radiation 18. What does laser stand for?: Light amplification stimulation emission of radia-tion 19. Whatisthe processthat turnsthe lightfrom the laser into heat?: Photother-molysis 20. What is yellow light used to do?: Reduce swelling and inflammation 21. What does green light reduce?: Hyperpigmentation 22. What medical device uses multiple colors and wavelength of focused rightto treat spider veins, hyperpigmentation, rosacea, redness, wrinkles, enlarged hair follicles, poor, and excessive hair?: Intense pulsed light 23. Where is skin thickest?: On the palms of the hands and soles of the feet 24. Where is skin the thinnest?: On the eyelids 25. What are the 6 primary functions of the skin?: Protection, sensation, heatregulation, excretion, secretion, and absorption 26. What is the average pH of the acid mantle?: 5.5 27. What is the body's average internal thermostat?: 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit 28. What are the glands that excrete perspiration?: Sudoriferous glands 29. What are the glands that excrete sebum?: Sebaceous glands 30. What percentage of the skin is water?: 50 to 70% 31. What is the outermost layer of the skin?: Epidermis 32. How many layers make up the ep