MILADY’S ESTHETICS MIDTERM REVIEW 115
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE AND SKIN CARE
FUNDAMENTALS REVIEW 2026
◉ 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
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE AND SKIN CARE
FUNDAMENTALS REVIEW 2026
◉ 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
