Milady Chapter 24, 25, 26

What is NOT among the uses of dermal fillers?

Correcting rosacea

What term refers to calluses resulting from prolonged and frequent exposure to friction?

Punctate Keratitis

What does the Latin prefix se mean?

Away

What is categorized as medical intervention and therefore performed by a highly trained medical personnel rather than estheticians?

Injection vein therapy

What condition is treated by sclerotherapy?

Varicose veins

What group of participants in a research study receives the factor, such as a new medication or product, that is being tested?

Experiment group

How many levels of peeling are there?

Four

What words have a root?

All words

What group of participants in a research group study receives a placebo instead of the factor being tested, in order to provide a comparison for testing efficacy of the product?

Control group

Why might working in a medical setting be a bad fit for someone who prefers autonomy?

Medical practices often adhere to a strict top-down hierarchy

What does the Latin prefix ab mean?

From

What can you learn to do by learning the basics of medical terminology?

Decipher the meaning of a word you haven’t even heard before

What does the “P” stand for in the acronym SOAP, which refers to a protocol for charting patient information?

Plan

What does the Latin word adip mean?

Fat

What can understanding of the basics of working in a medical setting prepare you for if you need to communicate with a physician about a client?

Dealing with office etiquette and legalities

What does the Greek root word ede mean?

To swell

What action can bring serious legal consequences?

Performing treatments or services beyond your scope of practice

What is NOT a tool for achieving success in a work situation?

Engaging in conflict with your coworkers

Why do estheticians need to be thoroughly familiar with procedures like injection dermal therapy, sclerotherapy, and advanced peeling techniques?

To suggest options, answer questions, and ease clients’ concerns

What are substances that appears similar to, but not the same as, the substance given to the experimental group during research?

Placebos

What is NOT an example of a root word that can also function as a stand-along word?

Carcin

What term describes a physician who specializes in elective surgical procedures, such as eyelifts, facelifts, and tummy tucks?

Cosmetic plastic surgeon

What term refers to a spastic movement of the orbicularis oculis that is usually a result of frequent and prolonged eye strain?

Blepharospasm

What requirements in some states can interfere with the esthetician’s ability to operate under his or her own esthetic license in a medical practice?

Apprenticeship requirements

What medical intervention strikes some people as too extreme, too expensive, or too invasive, leading them toward the alternative treatment of using dermal fillers?

Plastic surgery

What step of the scientific method involves presenting an explanation that documents the results of testing?

Conclusion

What product is robustly cross-linked with a proprietary technology called Hylacross?

Juvederm

What peeling agent is used to flatten scarring, reduce rhytides, correct photodamage, and improve hyperpigmentation?

TCA

What is the most common synthetic material used to make dermal fillers?

Liquid silicone

What does the Latin prefix circum mean?

Around

What statement about the relationship between estheticians and physicians is NOT true?

Estheticians play the leading role in client consultation and education

What is the form of a word meant to indicate that there is more than one?

Plural

What is NOT one of the factors differentiating Dysport from Botox Cosmetic?

Dysport affects only muscle, and does not effect nerve endings

What term refers to a neurological disorder involving painful spasms of the neck muscles?

Cervical dystomia

What does the Greek root word carcin mean?

Cancer

What is the product name for abobotulinumtoxinA, a popular alternative to Botox Cosmetic?

Dysport

What term refers to the type of treatments and services one can perform under license?

Scope of practice

What does the “S” stand for in the acronym SOAP, which refers to a protocol for charting patient information in medical settings?

Subjective

What is NOT a synonym for dermal filling?

Anti-aging pharmaceuticals

What term refers to drooping of the eyelids?

Ptosis

What does the Latin prefix intra mean?

Within

What step of the scientific method involves proving or disproving your educated guess?

Experimentation

What did the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) develop to protect individuals with regard to obtaining information about their health in a medical setting?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Who was the ancient Greek now known as the “father of modern medicine”?

Hippocrates

What term refers to the treatment for the elimination of small blood vessels, enlarged veins, and dilated capillaries of the lungs?

Sclerotherapy

What disease is caused by a different version of the bacterium in Botox Cosmetic?

Botulism

What is a medical facility that offers medical esthetic procedures and traditional spa or esthetic services in a spalike setting?

Medical spa

What term refers to a facelift?

Rhytidectomy

What step of the scientific method involves study of the issue in question?

Observation

What part of speech is used to name a person, place, thing, quality, or action?

Noun

What should be multifunctional and adjust to any height for the technician’s convenience?

Treatment tables

What will give you the clues you need to reveal a word’s meaning?

Root word

What is a complication or side effect of Botox Cosmetic?

Asymmetry after injection

What part of the body do platysmal bands run in vertically?

Neck

What do hyaluronic acid, calcium hydroxylapatite, and poly-L-lactic acid have in common?

They are natural materials used to make dermal fillers

What is a suffix that is added to a word to note smallness or being smaller than something else?

Diminutive

What is NOT one of the basics that define beauty?

Height

What term refers to parts of Greek or Latin words used at the end of a word to alter or modify its meaning?

Root words

What does the Greek prefix endo mean?

Within

What are medical intervention treatments using agents that remove layer(s) of skin, refining the skin and allowing newer and healthier skin to present itself?

Chemical peels

What is a title reserved for physicians who have taken and passed the exam required for board certification in their respective specialties?

Board certified

What does the “A” stand for in the acronym SOAP, which refers to a protocol for charting patient information?

Assessment

What does the Latin prefix post mean?

After

What term refers to a “tummy tuck”?

Abdominoplasty

What term refers to treatments like sclerotherapy and the use of neurotoxin therapy, which esthetics clients request but estheticians cannot perform?

Medical interventions

What does the Latin word pil mean?

Hair

What term refers to the process of accurately speaking a word as it is meant to be spoken?

Pronunciation

What is NOT an example of a correct singular/plural relationship?

Larynx/Larynex

What term has no legal value and misrepresents the technician’s license?

Medical esthetician

What is the language, or vernacular, that helps physicians and other allied health professionals keep straight the vocabulary involved in medicine?

Medical terminology

What happens to collagen production as we age?

It decreases as we age

What does the Greek root word troph mean?

Development

What license is an esthetician seeking work in a medical practice expected to have?

Esthetician license

What term refers to evidence based on observation and theory rather than scientific experimentation?

Anecdotal evidence

What aspect of medical terminology is so challenging that even many physicians experience difficulty with that aspect?

Plurals

What term refers to the point above the nose between the eyes, which is often subject to dynamic movement?

Glabella

What are injectable materials, such as Juvederm and Restylane, that are used with wrinkles and depressions?

Soft tissue fillers

What term refers to a philosophy of reasoning that is based on first generating and then testing a hypothesis?

Scientific method

Why is Perlane called a non-animal stabilized hyaluronic acid (NASHA)?

The product does not use an animal source

What does the Greek root word scler mean?

Hardened

What does the Greek prefix anti mean?

Opposite

What term refers to an eye disorder in which the optic axes in either eye cannot focus on the same object?

Strabismus

What is the number one nonsurgical procedure for both men and women?

Botox Cosmetic

What term refers to a disease, condition, treatment modality, or device named after an individual?

Eponym

What should you do if you are caught between the requirements of your job description and the scope of your license?

Seek advice from qualified professionals

What term refers to the process by which the different parts of a word are dissected and interpreted to determine the meaning of the original word?

Word analysis

What term describes a physician who specializes in and treats disease of the skin, hair, and nails?

Dermatologist

What are the components of the combining form of a medical term?

Root word, combining vowel

Where is about 50 percent of hyaluronic acid found within the body housed?

Skin

What term refers to ringing in the ears?

Tinnitus

What term describes a physician who specializes in medically necessary procedures that correct abnormalities associated with such things as birth defects and accidents?

Reconstructive surgeon

What is the mechanism that alters the permeability of brain capillaries?

Blood-brain barrier

Where should you start when decoding a medical term?

Suffix

What disease is NOT a contraindication for sclerotherapy?

Asthma

What is a complication?

Any unwanted or unexpected consequence of a treatment

What are used for relaxing muscles and reducing wrinkles, as in Botox Cosmetic?

Neurotoxins

What does the Latin root word pell mean?

Skin

What does the “O” stand for in the acronym SOAP, which refers to a protocol for charting patient information?

Objective

What does the Greek prefix epi mean?

Upon

What is a Greek or Latin word used at the beginning of a word to alter or modify its meaning?

Prefix