TEXAS ESTHETICIAN WRITTEN STATE
BOARD STUDY GUIDE SUMMARY WITH
SOLVED QUESTIONS FOR EXAM SUCCESS
2026
• Roll off masks or peeling creams that are rubbed off the skin . Answer:
gommages
• Designed primarily for oily acneac skin, this is a pinch and roll
movement that keeps the sebum moving forward and out of the follicles
. Answer: dr. jacquet movement
• Cells that aid in the production of collagen and elastin . Answer:
fibroblasts
• cells that assist other cells to carry out their function . Answer:
fibroblasts
• cells that aid in the production of collagen & elastin, and assist other
cells in carrying out their functions . Answer: fibroblasts
• cells found in the Basal Layer of the Dermis that produce pigment
granules . Answer: melanocytes, desmosomes, spiny cells, NONE OF
THE ABOVE
,• Cells found in the Basal Layer of the Epidermis and produce pigment
granules. . Answer: melanocytes
• Spiny cells are found in this layer of the skin . Answer: epidermis
• spiny cells are found in this layer of the skin . Answer: stratum
spinosum
• ______ are essentially keratin / protein filaments that hold cells
together . Answer: spiny cells
• ____ are found in the basal layer and produce pigment granules .
Answer: melanocytes
• the use of plant extracts for therapeutic benefits is referred to as .
Answer: phytotherapy
• Phytotherapy . Answer: Use of plant extracts for therapeutic benefits
• The study of muscle is known as . Answer: Myology
• The study of bones is known as: . Answer: Osteology
• The study of hair is known as . Answer: Trichology
,• the study of structures that cannot be seen with the naked eye .
Answer: histology
• Unpigmented, soft, fine, downy hair ; often referred to as peach fuzz .
Answer: vellus
• soft downy pigmented hair is referred to as . Answer: lanugo
• The proper order of massage movements is . Answer: Insertion to
origin
• Trichology is the study of . Answer: hair
• Refers to the growth of an unusual amount of hair on parts of the body
normally bearing only downy hair, such as the faces of women and the
backs of men: . Answer: hirsuties, hypertrichosis, hirsutism
• Bromhidrosis, Hyperhidrosis, Anhidrosis, and Milaria Rubra are
classified as . Answer: disorders of the sudoriferous glands
• An acute inflammatory disorder of the sweat glands caused by
excessive heat exposure is called: . Answer: miliaria rubra, heat rash,
prickly heat
• which is not classified as a disorder of the sudoriferous glands .
Answer: milia
, • process involving the sudoriferous glands where water is lost through
the skin taking salt and other chemicals with it . Answer: excretion
• process involving the sebaceous glands, where oil is produced to
lubricate the skin . Answer: secretion
• Solidified oil impactions that have not been exposed to oxygen: .
Answer: milia
• Solidified oil impactions that have been exposed to oxygen: . Answer:
blackheads, comedones
• the largest & strongest bone of the facial skeleton is known as the .
Answer: mandible
• the lower jawbone is known as . Answer: mandible
• the upper jawbone is known as the . Answer: maxillae
• another name for the malar bone is . Answer: zygomatic
• the cheekbone is also known as the . Answer: zygomatic
• the voice box or adams apple is known as . Answer: hyoid
BOARD STUDY GUIDE SUMMARY WITH
SOLVED QUESTIONS FOR EXAM SUCCESS
2026
• Roll off masks or peeling creams that are rubbed off the skin . Answer:
gommages
• Designed primarily for oily acneac skin, this is a pinch and roll
movement that keeps the sebum moving forward and out of the follicles
. Answer: dr. jacquet movement
• Cells that aid in the production of collagen and elastin . Answer:
fibroblasts
• cells that assist other cells to carry out their function . Answer:
fibroblasts
• cells that aid in the production of collagen & elastin, and assist other
cells in carrying out their functions . Answer: fibroblasts
• cells found in the Basal Layer of the Dermis that produce pigment
granules . Answer: melanocytes, desmosomes, spiny cells, NONE OF
THE ABOVE
,• Cells found in the Basal Layer of the Epidermis and produce pigment
granules. . Answer: melanocytes
• Spiny cells are found in this layer of the skin . Answer: epidermis
• spiny cells are found in this layer of the skin . Answer: stratum
spinosum
• ______ are essentially keratin / protein filaments that hold cells
together . Answer: spiny cells
• ____ are found in the basal layer and produce pigment granules .
Answer: melanocytes
• the use of plant extracts for therapeutic benefits is referred to as .
Answer: phytotherapy
• Phytotherapy . Answer: Use of plant extracts for therapeutic benefits
• The study of muscle is known as . Answer: Myology
• The study of bones is known as: . Answer: Osteology
• The study of hair is known as . Answer: Trichology
,• the study of structures that cannot be seen with the naked eye .
Answer: histology
• Unpigmented, soft, fine, downy hair ; often referred to as peach fuzz .
Answer: vellus
• soft downy pigmented hair is referred to as . Answer: lanugo
• The proper order of massage movements is . Answer: Insertion to
origin
• Trichology is the study of . Answer: hair
• Refers to the growth of an unusual amount of hair on parts of the body
normally bearing only downy hair, such as the faces of women and the
backs of men: . Answer: hirsuties, hypertrichosis, hirsutism
• Bromhidrosis, Hyperhidrosis, Anhidrosis, and Milaria Rubra are
classified as . Answer: disorders of the sudoriferous glands
• An acute inflammatory disorder of the sweat glands caused by
excessive heat exposure is called: . Answer: miliaria rubra, heat rash,
prickly heat
• which is not classified as a disorder of the sudoriferous glands .
Answer: milia
, • process involving the sudoriferous glands where water is lost through
the skin taking salt and other chemicals with it . Answer: excretion
• process involving the sebaceous glands, where oil is produced to
lubricate the skin . Answer: secretion
• Solidified oil impactions that have not been exposed to oxygen: .
Answer: milia
• Solidified oil impactions that have been exposed to oxygen: . Answer:
blackheads, comedones
• the largest & strongest bone of the facial skeleton is known as the .
Answer: mandible
• the lower jawbone is known as . Answer: mandible
• the upper jawbone is known as the . Answer: maxillae
• another name for the malar bone is . Answer: zygomatic
• the cheekbone is also known as the . Answer: zygomatic
• the voice box or adams apple is known as . Answer: hyoid
