Skin Structures Part 1
What is the largest organ of our bodies?
What is the Skin?
Which type of lesion is characterized by piles of material on the skin surface, such as a scab?
What is a Secondary Lesion?
What part of the natural nail unit protects the tips of the fingers and toes?
What is the nail plate?
What type of primers contain methacrylic acid?
What type of wrap can be purchased in swatches, rolls, or packages of precut pieces, either with or without adhesive backing?
What is fabric wraps?
What is the name of the physician engaged in the practice of treating the skin?
What is a Dermatologist?
What type of disorder of the sudoriferous glands is characterized by sweating eve when the temperature is cool?
What is Hyperhidrosis?
The natural nail itself is referred to as what?
What allows incompatible surfaces to be joined, like Scotch tape?
What is adhesive?
To structurally correct the location of the apex of the nail to prolong its strength, shape and durability is called a what?
What is a rebalance?
What is the thinnest layer of the skin?
What is the Epidermis?
What is a condition characterized by increased pigmentation on the skin or dark spots that are not elevated?
What is Chloasma?
The lateral nail fold is also known as what?
What are the sidewalls?
Long Chains of molecules that can be a liquid but are usually a solid is what?
What are polymers?
What is the name of the initiator that is added to the polymer powder?
What is benzoyl peroxide?
What layer of the skin is home to the oil glands and elastin?
What is the Reticular layer?
What is the technical term for ringworm of the hands?
What is tinea manus?
What is the water content of a healthy nail?
What is 15-25 percent?
Amino acids are individual molecules called what?
What are monomers?
Creating polymers can be thought of as a chain reaction. This is also known as what?
What is polymerization?
What vitamin enables the body to properly absorb and use calcium?
What is Vitamin D?
When checking for cancer on the skin, what does it mean when one half of the mole does Not match the other half?
What is asymmetry?
What helps guide the nail plate along the nail bed as it grows?
What is the bed epithelium?
What are nail resins made from?
What are cyanoacrylates?
What type of gels are alternative to traditional nail lacquers; they are available in frosted hues and creams?
What are soak off gels?