Chapter 1
What generations desire, willingness and financial ability to lengthen youthfulness have had a huge effect on the industry
Baby Boomers
What is a disease resulting from Human Immunodeficiency virus?
AIDS
What is a Zygote?
Diploid cell produced by the fusion of an egg and sperm
What hormone gives women the female characteristics?
Estrogen
What does anterior mean?
Front
What term refers to medicinal process of bloodletting which was performed at baths during medieval times?
Phlebotomy
What term refers to any object that can penetrate the skin?
A sharp
Amino Acids
What is the process by which the female body rids itself of an unused ovum and the accompanying endometrium?
Menstration
What smooth muscles are attached to hair follicles and cause the hair to stand erect when they contract?
Arrector pili muscles
When did the philosophy of drinking mineral water in addition to bathing in it become common place?
Renaissance
What does the term Asepsis mean?
a condition free from germs and any form of life
What terms refers to the system that controls involuntary functions of the circulatory, respiratory, endocrine and digestive systems?
What is a hyperthyroid condition in which the skin on the shins becomes think and red-brown with a bumpy texture?
Myxedema
What is a thin long muscle that runs the length of the side of the tibias anterior muscle?
What caused the demand for solid, advanced esthetics education to skyrocket?
the medical professions embrace of esthetics
What is the second link in the chain of infection?
Reservoir where the agent resides
What is the enzyme capable of dissolving and digesting many types of biochemicals?
Lysozyme
What are mineralcorticoids?
Steroid hormones that help regulate blood minerals
Where in the body is the thick layer of muscle fibers known as the myocardium found?
Heart
What step of critical thinking involves evaluation how a problem may have been caused?
Gathering the facts
What federal agency would send inspectors to a salon because an accident has occurred in which 3 or more employees were injured?
What type of collagen is found in skin, bone, and tendon?
Type 1
What structures on the cell membrane receive and accept hormones and in turn produce other biochemicals that cause or stimulate different functions in the cells?
Hormone receptors
What term refers to rotation of the forearm that allows the pam face downward or slight inward rotation of the foot while walking?
Pronation