CA ESTHETICIAN PRACTICE EXAM TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the hyoid bone and where is it located? - ✔✔A U-shaped bone at the base
of the tongue that supports the tongue and its muscles
✔✔How many pairs of ribs are there in the body? - ✔✔12
✔✔How many bones make up the wrist? - ✔✔8
✔✔What is the carpus? - ✔✔Flexible joint made up of 8 bones to form the wrist
✔✔How many bones make up the phalanges? - ✔✔14 in each hand, 3 in each finger, 2
in each thumb
✔✔What does the muscular system do for the body? - ✔✔Covers, shapes, and
supports the skeletal tissue
✔✔What are striated muscles? - ✔✔Voluntary skeletal muscles
✔✔What are non-striated muscles? - ✔✔Involuntary smooth muscles
✔✔Define insertion... - ✔✔Movable attachment and farthest from the skeleton, pressure
in massage is usually directed from the insertion to the origin
✔✔What is the Orbicularis oculi? - ✔✔Muscle of the eye socket; it closes the eyes
✔✔Where is the Procerus muscle located? - ✔✔Bridge of the nose
✔✔What is the Nasalis muscle? - ✔✔A two part muscle (transverse part & alar part)
that covers the nose allowing the nostrils to flair
✔✔What are the zygomaticus major and zygomaticus minor? - ✔✔The muscles
extending from the zygomatic bone to the angle of the mouth that elevate the lips, as in
laughing
✔✔What is the supinator? - ✔✔The muscle that rotates the radius outward and the
palm upward
✔✔What makes up the bulk of the brain? - ✔✔The Cerebrum
✔✔What does the Cerebrum do? - ✔✔Most messages such as thought, hearing, and
sight are sent
, ✔✔What are neurons or nerve cells? - ✔✔primary structural unit of the nervous system
✔✔What are dentrites? - ✔✔Extending nerve fibers that receive impulses from other
neurons
✔✔What do axons do? - ✔✔Sends impulses away from the cell body to other neurons,
glands, or muscles
✔✔What is another name for motor nerves? - ✔✔Efferent nerves
✔✔What do motor nerves or efferent nerves do? - ✔✔Carry impulses from the brain to
the muscles or glands
✔✔What is the largest cranial nerve? - ✔✔The fifth cranial nerve
✔✔What is another name for the fifth cranial nerve? - ✔✔Trifacial or trigeminal nerve
✔✔What does the fifth cranial nerve do? - ✔✔Chief sensory nerve of the face, controls
chewing
✔✔What are the 3 branches of the fifth cranial nerve? - ✔✔Ophthalmic nerve,
mandibular nerve, and maxillary nerve
✔✔What does the Ophthalmic nerve control? - ✔✔Skin of the forehead, upper eyelids,
interior portion of the scalp, orbit, eyeball, and nasal passage
✔✔What does the mandibular nerve affect? - ✔✔Affects the muscles of the chin and
lower lip
✔✔What does the maxillary nerve affect? - ✔✔The upper part of the face
✔✔What does the supraorbital affect? - ✔✔Affects the skin of the forehead, scalp,
eyebrows, and upper eyelid
✔✔Where is the greater auricular nerve located? - ✔✔The side of the neck
✔✔What does the greater auricular nerve affect? - ✔✔The face, ears, neck, and parotid
gland
✔✔What are the 4 principal nerves of the arms and hands? - ✔✔Digital nerve, radial
nerve, median nerve, and ulnar nerve
✔✔What is another name for the circulatory system? - ✔✔Cardiovascular system or
vascular system
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the hyoid bone and where is it located? - ✔✔A U-shaped bone at the base
of the tongue that supports the tongue and its muscles
✔✔How many pairs of ribs are there in the body? - ✔✔12
✔✔How many bones make up the wrist? - ✔✔8
✔✔What is the carpus? - ✔✔Flexible joint made up of 8 bones to form the wrist
✔✔How many bones make up the phalanges? - ✔✔14 in each hand, 3 in each finger, 2
in each thumb
✔✔What does the muscular system do for the body? - ✔✔Covers, shapes, and
supports the skeletal tissue
✔✔What are striated muscles? - ✔✔Voluntary skeletal muscles
✔✔What are non-striated muscles? - ✔✔Involuntary smooth muscles
✔✔Define insertion... - ✔✔Movable attachment and farthest from the skeleton, pressure
in massage is usually directed from the insertion to the origin
✔✔What is the Orbicularis oculi? - ✔✔Muscle of the eye socket; it closes the eyes
✔✔Where is the Procerus muscle located? - ✔✔Bridge of the nose
✔✔What is the Nasalis muscle? - ✔✔A two part muscle (transverse part & alar part)
that covers the nose allowing the nostrils to flair
✔✔What are the zygomaticus major and zygomaticus minor? - ✔✔The muscles
extending from the zygomatic bone to the angle of the mouth that elevate the lips, as in
laughing
✔✔What is the supinator? - ✔✔The muscle that rotates the radius outward and the
palm upward
✔✔What makes up the bulk of the brain? - ✔✔The Cerebrum
✔✔What does the Cerebrum do? - ✔✔Most messages such as thought, hearing, and
sight are sent
, ✔✔What are neurons or nerve cells? - ✔✔primary structural unit of the nervous system
✔✔What are dentrites? - ✔✔Extending nerve fibers that receive impulses from other
neurons
✔✔What do axons do? - ✔✔Sends impulses away from the cell body to other neurons,
glands, or muscles
✔✔What is another name for motor nerves? - ✔✔Efferent nerves
✔✔What do motor nerves or efferent nerves do? - ✔✔Carry impulses from the brain to
the muscles or glands
✔✔What is the largest cranial nerve? - ✔✔The fifth cranial nerve
✔✔What is another name for the fifth cranial nerve? - ✔✔Trifacial or trigeminal nerve
✔✔What does the fifth cranial nerve do? - ✔✔Chief sensory nerve of the face, controls
chewing
✔✔What are the 3 branches of the fifth cranial nerve? - ✔✔Ophthalmic nerve,
mandibular nerve, and maxillary nerve
✔✔What does the Ophthalmic nerve control? - ✔✔Skin of the forehead, upper eyelids,
interior portion of the scalp, orbit, eyeball, and nasal passage
✔✔What does the mandibular nerve affect? - ✔✔Affects the muscles of the chin and
lower lip
✔✔What does the maxillary nerve affect? - ✔✔The upper part of the face
✔✔What does the supraorbital affect? - ✔✔Affects the skin of the forehead, scalp,
eyebrows, and upper eyelid
✔✔Where is the greater auricular nerve located? - ✔✔The side of the neck
✔✔What does the greater auricular nerve affect? - ✔✔The face, ears, neck, and parotid
gland
✔✔What are the 4 principal nerves of the arms and hands? - ✔✔Digital nerve, radial
nerve, median nerve, and ulnar nerve
✔✔What is another name for the circulatory system? - ✔✔Cardiovascular system or
vascular system
