Esthetics Nebraska State Boards Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update
2025-2026
What artery supplies blood to the back of the head? - Answers The Occipital Artery
In Which layer of the epidermis do you find the epidermal ridges? - Answers Stratum Lucidum
What are the 4 main nerves of the arm and hand? - Answers Ulnar, Median, Radial, and Digital
Nerves
What is the largest bone of the facial skeleton? - Answers Mandible
What are 2 types of exfoliation? - Answers Mechanical (manual) & Chemical
What is the thickening of a cicatrix know as? - Answers A Cicatrix (Scar) thickening is a
Keloid.
Which sweat gland is located throughout the entire body? - Answers Eccrine Glands
What do melanocytes produce? - Answers melanin
What is the name of eyebrow hair? - Answers Supercilia
What is found on the bottom of epidermis and connects the dermis to the epidermis? - Answers
Hemidesmosomes
What are fibroblast cells responsible for making and where are they found? - Answers Fibroblast
cells are in the dermal layer and are responsible for making collagen and elastin.
What is the circular muscle around the mouth? - Answers Oris Orbicularis
What is the congenital disorder when the skin lacks pigmentation (hypopigmentation)? -
Answers Leukoderma
Approximately what % of bacteria is non-pathogenic? - Answers 70%
What is it called when hair growth is caused by a hormonal imbalance most typically affecting
women? - Answers Hirsutism
What is best to use on areas that are smaller thinner skinned, or sensitive skin during hair
removal? - Answers Hard Wax
What is the Vascular disorder of the skin that is characterized by flushed redess? - Answers
Rosacea
What do red blood cells carry? - Answers Oxygen and Hemoglobin
What are the 3 muscles of the hand? - Answers Adductor, Abductor, & Opponens
,What is the purpose of effleurage? - Answers Sooth muscles and relax sensory nerve endings.
What is the protective barrier created on the surface of the skin made from the mixture of
sebum and perspiration? - Answers Acid Mantle
What are the 9 bones affected by facial massage? - Answers Nasal (2)
Lacrimal (2)
Zygomatic (2)
Maxillae (2)
Mandible
What type of sweat gland is located under arms, genitals and nipples ? - Answers Apocrine
Gland
What mask is best suited for oily skin? - Answers Clay or mud
What is the ph of skin? - Answers 4.5-5.5
What portion of the brain is located directly in front of the cerebellum? - Answers The Pons
What is a reserve of cash that can be utilized to meet operating expenses in the event of a slow
month? - Answers Line of Credit
What is a shade of a hue? - Answers Any hue(color) with black added to it.
What is the primary protein that makes up our skin? - Answers Keratin
What is a contraindication for water therapy? - Answers Pregnancy
What is the technical name for bad breath? - Answers Halitosis
What are the 3 parts of a cell? - Answers Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Cell Membrane
What is a mechanical abrasion of the epidermis that occurs when a bug bite or acne breakout is
scratched? - Answers Excoriation
What is the building up of cells from smaller ones during metabolism? - Answers Anabolism
What are the 3 parts of an atom? - Answers Neutron, Proton, Electron
Name the 5 layers of the Epidermis? - Answers stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum
granulosum, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum
What are the 4 chambers of the heart? - Answers Right and left ventricles
, Right and left atriums
What protein substance forms bundle that strengthen and give structure to the skin? - Answers
Collagen
Name the 3 types of tube like structures that carry blood throughout the body? - Answers
Arteries
Capillaries
Veins
Where does the exchange of nutrition, oxygen and the removal of toxins in the Circulatory
System take place? - Answers In the Capillaries
What body system is responsible for all involuntary body functions? - Answers Autonomic
nervous system
What common malignant lesions appear translucent having irregular borders and tiny blood
vessels running through it? - Answers Basel Cell Carcinoma
What is the extremely contagious bacterial infection of the eyelids? - Answers Conjuctivitis
What are the main steps in a proper skin care regimen? - Answers Cleanse
Tone
Mask/Exfoliate
Moisturize/Protect
What type of phoresis process allows an alkaline solution to enter the skin when assisted by a
galvanic current with the negative pole? - Answers Anaphoresis
What treatments produce beneficial effects of the body using light rays or waves? - Answers
Light Therapy
What is the result of steeping an herb in boiling water as part of phytotherapy called? - Answers
Infusion
What is another name for the thermolysis method called? - Answers High frequency/short wave
method
What is the process of softening blockages in the skin with an alkaline solution to open the
pores called? - Answers Desincrustation
What muscle of the face is responsible for blowing air from the mouth? - Answers Buccinator
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What artery supplies blood to the back of the head? - Answers The Occipital Artery
In Which layer of the epidermis do you find the epidermal ridges? - Answers Stratum Lucidum
What are the 4 main nerves of the arm and hand? - Answers Ulnar, Median, Radial, and Digital
Nerves
What is the largest bone of the facial skeleton? - Answers Mandible
What are 2 types of exfoliation? - Answers Mechanical (manual) & Chemical
What is the thickening of a cicatrix know as? - Answers A Cicatrix (Scar) thickening is a
Keloid.
Which sweat gland is located throughout the entire body? - Answers Eccrine Glands
What do melanocytes produce? - Answers melanin
What is the name of eyebrow hair? - Answers Supercilia
What is found on the bottom of epidermis and connects the dermis to the epidermis? - Answers
Hemidesmosomes
What are fibroblast cells responsible for making and where are they found? - Answers Fibroblast
cells are in the dermal layer and are responsible for making collagen and elastin.
What is the circular muscle around the mouth? - Answers Oris Orbicularis
What is the congenital disorder when the skin lacks pigmentation (hypopigmentation)? -
Answers Leukoderma
Approximately what % of bacteria is non-pathogenic? - Answers 70%
What is it called when hair growth is caused by a hormonal imbalance most typically affecting
women? - Answers Hirsutism
What is best to use on areas that are smaller thinner skinned, or sensitive skin during hair
removal? - Answers Hard Wax
What is the Vascular disorder of the skin that is characterized by flushed redess? - Answers
Rosacea
What do red blood cells carry? - Answers Oxygen and Hemoglobin
What are the 3 muscles of the hand? - Answers Adductor, Abductor, & Opponens
,What is the purpose of effleurage? - Answers Sooth muscles and relax sensory nerve endings.
What is the protective barrier created on the surface of the skin made from the mixture of
sebum and perspiration? - Answers Acid Mantle
What are the 9 bones affected by facial massage? - Answers Nasal (2)
Lacrimal (2)
Zygomatic (2)
Maxillae (2)
Mandible
What type of sweat gland is located under arms, genitals and nipples ? - Answers Apocrine
Gland
What mask is best suited for oily skin? - Answers Clay or mud
What is the ph of skin? - Answers 4.5-5.5
What portion of the brain is located directly in front of the cerebellum? - Answers The Pons
What is a reserve of cash that can be utilized to meet operating expenses in the event of a slow
month? - Answers Line of Credit
What is a shade of a hue? - Answers Any hue(color) with black added to it.
What is the primary protein that makes up our skin? - Answers Keratin
What is a contraindication for water therapy? - Answers Pregnancy
What is the technical name for bad breath? - Answers Halitosis
What are the 3 parts of a cell? - Answers Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Cell Membrane
What is a mechanical abrasion of the epidermis that occurs when a bug bite or acne breakout is
scratched? - Answers Excoriation
What is the building up of cells from smaller ones during metabolism? - Answers Anabolism
What are the 3 parts of an atom? - Answers Neutron, Proton, Electron
Name the 5 layers of the Epidermis? - Answers stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum
granulosum, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum
What are the 4 chambers of the heart? - Answers Right and left ventricles
, Right and left atriums
What protein substance forms bundle that strengthen and give structure to the skin? - Answers
Collagen
Name the 3 types of tube like structures that carry blood throughout the body? - Answers
Arteries
Capillaries
Veins
Where does the exchange of nutrition, oxygen and the removal of toxins in the Circulatory
System take place? - Answers In the Capillaries
What body system is responsible for all involuntary body functions? - Answers Autonomic
nervous system
What common malignant lesions appear translucent having irregular borders and tiny blood
vessels running through it? - Answers Basel Cell Carcinoma
What is the extremely contagious bacterial infection of the eyelids? - Answers Conjuctivitis
What are the main steps in a proper skin care regimen? - Answers Cleanse
Tone
Mask/Exfoliate
Moisturize/Protect
What type of phoresis process allows an alkaline solution to enter the skin when assisted by a
galvanic current with the negative pole? - Answers Anaphoresis
What treatments produce beneficial effects of the body using light rays or waves? - Answers
Light Therapy
What is the result of steeping an herb in boiling water as part of phytotherapy called? - Answers
Infusion
What is another name for the thermolysis method called? - Answers High frequency/short wave
method
What is the process of softening blockages in the skin with an alkaline solution to open the
pores called? - Answers Desincrustation
What muscle of the face is responsible for blowing air from the mouth? - Answers Buccinator
