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Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Types of Electrical Currents and their sources
How Eectrical Currents are produced
Electrotherapy
100
A form of energy that produces light, heat, magnetic and chemical changes
What is Electricity
100
The movement of Electricity along a path called a conductor
What is an electric current
100
A current in which electrons move at an even rate and flow only in one direction
What is a direct current
100
A path on which the electrons leave the source and operate the appliance (turn on)
What is a closed path
100
A current that is direct (DC) of low voltage and high amperage
What is a Galvanic Current
200
The technical term or name for any electrically powered appliance
What is a load.
200
A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily
What is a conductor
200
Provides the force to move the electrons in the conducting material
What is a source
200
Type of wiring that allows the user to power several loads at different times or all at once
What is parallel wiring
200
The negative pole of the Galvanic Current
What is anaphoresis
300
a unit in electrical strength
What is an amp
300
A material that does not allow the flow of electric current
What is an insulator
300
An alternating current in which electrons flow first in one direction and then in another
What is an alternating current
300
This type of circuit has a broken path and the appliance will not work
What is an open circuit
300
An alternating current (AC), interrupted to produce a mechanical, non-chemical reaction.
What is a faradic current
400
A unit is electrical resistance
What is an ohm
400
A unit of electric pressure
What is a volt
400
Has a positive (+) and negative(-) terminal that produces direct current only
What is a battery
400
When too many appliances are put on one circuit and operated at the same time, resulting in the appliances to stop working, this is called an
What is an overload
400
An alternating current (AC) with a mechanical effect, much like the Faradic current that produces muscle contractions.
What is a Sinusoidal current
500
A measure of how much electrical energy is being used
What is a watt
500
The application of electrical currents during treatments t othe skin
What is electrotherapy
500
The power source most often used in salons
What is a generator
500
Can occur anytime a "foreign conductor" comes in contact with a wire carryin current to a load (appliance)
What is short circuit
500
The positive pole of the Galvanic Current
What is cataphoresis