FINAL EXAM MILADY ESTHETICS
CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET 2026
ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ What is NOT an element of the skins acid mantle? Answer: Blood
⫸ What causes injured skin to restore itself to its normal thickness?
Answer: Hyperproduction of cells
⫸ What are the items in the dermis that respond to touch, pain, cold,
heat and pressure? Answer: Sensory nerve endings
⫸ What are most abundant in the fingertips, as opposed to other parts of
the body? Answer: Sensory nerve fibers
⫸ What is the average internal temperature of the body in degrees
Fahrenheit? Answer: 98.6
⫸ Why does the body perspire? Answer: To protect us from overheating
⫸ What are follicles? Answer: Tubelike openings in the epidermis
,⫸ What is not a compound in the body from which free radicals take
electrons? Answer: Sebum
⫸ What is Glycation? Answer: The binding of a protein molecule to a
glucose molecule
⫸ What are hair papillae? Answer: Cone shaped elevations at the base
of the follicle
⫸ Where in the body is hyaluronic acid found? Answer: Skin
⫸ What is hydrolipidic film? Answer: Oil-water balance that protects
the skins surface
⫸ What is a fiber protein found in skin, hail and nails? Answer: Keratin
⫸ What is the acid mantle? Answer: Protective layer of lipids and
secretions on the skins surface
⫸ Where in the body are the coiled structures known as apocrine glands
found? Answer: Underarm and genitals
⫸ What is the result of the contraction of the arrector pili muscle?
Answer: Goose bumps
, ⫸ What does the skins barrier function protect us from, in addition to
irritation? Answer: Intercellular water loss
⫸ What are Ceramides? Answer: Glycolipid materials
⫸ What is collagen? Answer: Fibrous tissue made from protein
⫸ What are corneocytes? Answer: Hardened keratinocytes
⫸ What are membranes of ridges and grooves that attach to the
epidermis? Answer: Dermal papillae
⫸ Where in the face does the chronic condition rosacea primarily
appear? Answer: Cheeks and nose
⫸ What protects the surface of the skin? Answer: Sebaceous glands
⫸ What are guard cells of the immune system that sense unrecognized
foreign invaders, such as bacteria? Answer: Langerhans immune cells
⫸ What is oil that provides protection for the epidermis from external
factors and that lubricates both the skin and hair? Answer: Sebum
⫸ What is the common name for the stratum corneum? Answer: Horny
layer
CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET 2026
ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ What is NOT an element of the skins acid mantle? Answer: Blood
⫸ What causes injured skin to restore itself to its normal thickness?
Answer: Hyperproduction of cells
⫸ What are the items in the dermis that respond to touch, pain, cold,
heat and pressure? Answer: Sensory nerve endings
⫸ What are most abundant in the fingertips, as opposed to other parts of
the body? Answer: Sensory nerve fibers
⫸ What is the average internal temperature of the body in degrees
Fahrenheit? Answer: 98.6
⫸ Why does the body perspire? Answer: To protect us from overheating
⫸ What are follicles? Answer: Tubelike openings in the epidermis
,⫸ What is not a compound in the body from which free radicals take
electrons? Answer: Sebum
⫸ What is Glycation? Answer: The binding of a protein molecule to a
glucose molecule
⫸ What are hair papillae? Answer: Cone shaped elevations at the base
of the follicle
⫸ Where in the body is hyaluronic acid found? Answer: Skin
⫸ What is hydrolipidic film? Answer: Oil-water balance that protects
the skins surface
⫸ What is a fiber protein found in skin, hail and nails? Answer: Keratin
⫸ What is the acid mantle? Answer: Protective layer of lipids and
secretions on the skins surface
⫸ Where in the body are the coiled structures known as apocrine glands
found? Answer: Underarm and genitals
⫸ What is the result of the contraction of the arrector pili muscle?
Answer: Goose bumps
, ⫸ What does the skins barrier function protect us from, in addition to
irritation? Answer: Intercellular water loss
⫸ What are Ceramides? Answer: Glycolipid materials
⫸ What is collagen? Answer: Fibrous tissue made from protein
⫸ What are corneocytes? Answer: Hardened keratinocytes
⫸ What are membranes of ridges and grooves that attach to the
epidermis? Answer: Dermal papillae
⫸ Where in the face does the chronic condition rosacea primarily
appear? Answer: Cheeks and nose
⫸ What protects the surface of the skin? Answer: Sebaceous glands
⫸ What are guard cells of the immune system that sense unrecognized
foreign invaders, such as bacteria? Answer: Langerhans immune cells
⫸ What is oil that provides protection for the epidermis from external
factors and that lubricates both the skin and hair? Answer: Sebum
⫸ What is the common name for the stratum corneum? Answer: Horny
layer
