Microbiology
What is the study of bacteria called?
What is Bacteriology.
Which system is responsible for circulating blood through the body?
What is the circulatory system.
Which of the following measurements is a unit of electric strength?
What is an amp.
The unifying concept used to organize elements and their similarities is called what?
What is the periodic law.
Squamous cells provide protection to the layers of the skin that are located below the which stratum layer?
What is the stratum corneum.
Disease-producing bacteria are called what?
What are pathogenic bacteria.
Most cell activity is performed by what?
What are organelles.
A unit of electrical resistance is called a(n)what?
What is an ohm.
The smallest complete unit of an element is called a(n):
What is an atom.
Keratinocytes on the surface of the skin remain tightly interconnected by intercellular connections called:
What are desmosomes.
What condition occurs when disease-causing bacteria enter the body and interfere with the body's normal state?
What is Infection.
The part of the cell where most of the chemical activities occur is called the what?
What is the cytoplasm.
What type of shock passes through a small part of the body and can cause burns and muscle contractions?
What is local shock.
The ability to do work to accomplish some change is called:
What is energy.
Which of the following types of cells connect the dermis to the epidermis?
What are hemidesmosomes.
Bacteria or viruses that are transmitted through blood or body fluids and cause infectious diseases are called what?
What are bloodborne pathogens.
Which type of tissue carries food, waste products and hormones?
What is liquid tissue.
Two metal pieces that make contact with each other to allow the flow of electric current are found on a(n) what?
What is a conductor.
How many naturally occurring elements are there?
What are 92 elements.
The chemical conversion of living cells into dead protein is called:
What is keratinization.
Head lice, itch mites, ringworm and nail fungus are all diseases caused by what?
What are external parasites.
Separate body structures that perform specific functions are know as what?
What are organs.
A combination light that can be broken into its individual wavelengths by a prism is referred to as what?
What is white light.
A simple unit of a carbohydrate is called a:
What is a saccharide.
Which receptor is responsible for reporting light pressure and cold?
What is the Meissner's Corpuscles.
Which type of bacteria are spiraled, coiled, corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells that cause highly contagious diseases?
What are spirilla bacteria.
The branch of the facial nerve that extends to the muscles of the temple, the side of the forehead, the eyebrow, eyelid and upper cheek is called the what?
What is the temporal.
Which type of alternating current can be adjusted to different voltages to produce heat?
What is high frequency current.
Which cosmetic product is formed when two or more nonmixable substances are united with small droplets of a binder?
What is an emulsion.
Collagen makes up approximately what percentage of the dermis?
What is 70 percent.
Nonpathogenic bacteria that live on dead matter are known as what?
What are saprophytes.
The most vital part of the brain that contains centers that control breathing and heart function is called what?
What is the medulla oblongata.
What is the term used to describe the effect created when current travels through a water-based solution and onto the body?
What is an electrochemical effect.
What non-comedogenic emollient gives products a silky feel?
What is cyclomethicone.
The process of product absorption into the skin is referred to as:
What is transdermal penetration.