MILADY ESTHETICS FINAL ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ 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
◉ What is true of the stratum corneum? Answer: It is the outermost
layer of the skin
◉ What is the common name for the stratum germinativum Answer:
Basal layer
◉ Where in the skin is the stratum germinativum located? Answer:
Above the papillary layer of the dermis
◉ What is the common name for the stratum granulosum? Answer:
Granular layer
◉ What forms the cells in the stratum granulosum that resemble
granules? Answer: Keratin
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ 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
◉ What is true of the stratum corneum? Answer: It is the outermost
layer of the skin
◉ What is the common name for the stratum germinativum Answer:
Basal layer
◉ Where in the skin is the stratum germinativum located? Answer:
Above the papillary layer of the dermis
◉ What is the common name for the stratum granulosum? Answer:
Granular layer
◉ What forms the cells in the stratum granulosum that resemble
granules? Answer: Keratin
