Unlock the Secrets of Facial Anatomy
Transform Your Esthetics Career
Join over 600 estheticians who’ve mastered facial anatomy to better understand advanced esthetic procedures and support safer client care.
Watch this video to see how a deeper understanding of facial anatomy can strengthen your knowledge and support client safety.
NCEA COA-Approved Continuing Education
Approved for 3.0 NCEA CEs
Why Choose Our Course?
✔ Learn from the Institute of Human Anatomy
Explore facial anatomy through detailed instruction and visual learning from an experienced anatomy educator.
Explore facial anatomy through detailed instruction and visual learning from an experienced anatomy educator.
✔ Earn 3.0 NCEA Continuing Education Credits
This educational activity has been approved by the NCEA Commission on Accreditation for 3.0 NCEA CEs.
This educational activity has been approved by the NCEA Commission on Accreditation for 3.0 NCEA CEs.
✔ 100% Online & Self-Paced
Complete the course on your own schedule from wherever you are.
Complete the course on your own schedule from wherever you are.
✔ 10 In-Depth Modules & 24 Lessons
Build your understanding of the integument, facial muscles, neuromuscular junction, neuromodulators, and facial blood supply.
Build your understanding of the integument, facial muscles, neuromuscular junction, neuromodulators, and facial blood supply.
✔ 13 Interactive Module Quizzes
Reinforce your understanding throughout the course with 138 questions across the module quizzes.
Reinforce your understanding throughout the course with 138 questions across the module quizzes.
✔ Final Exam
Complete a 25-question final examination with a 75% passing score required for successful completion.
Complete a 25-question final examination with a 75% passing score required for successful completion.
✔ Access to AI Jonathan for Study Support and Q&A
Use AI Jonathan for study support and course-related Q&A as you work through the material.
Use AI Jonathan for study support and course-related Q&A as you work through the material.
Elevate Your Anatomy Knowledge
Go beyond surface-level understanding.
Course Highlights:
- ✔ Skin Deep: Explore the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis and their roles within the integument.
- ✔ Master the Muscles: Learn the structures, attachments, and actions of the muscles of facial expression.
- ✔ Understand Wrinkles: Explore the anatomical relationship between facial muscle activity, dermal changes, and dynamic and static wrinkles.
- ✔ Neuromuscular Junction: Examine how acetylcholine and SNAP-25 are involved in neuromodulator action.
- ✔ Blood Supply: Explore the major arteries supplying the face and their clinically relevant anatomical relationships.
- ✔ Visual Learning: Learn through detailed visuals, images, and real human cadaver education.
- ✔ NCEA CE Certificate: Receive a certificate documenting your 3.0 NCEA Continuing Education Credits after successfully completing the required course, quizzes, final exam, and evaluation.
What You'll Learn - Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
✔ Describe the structure and primary functions of the three main layers of the integument, the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis, including their sublayers and key cell types (e.g., keratinocytes and melanocytes) that support the skin’s protective and barrier roles.
✔ Differentiate the muscles of facial expression from other skeletal muscles by their attachments and actions, and how their repeated contraction, together with age-related dermal atrophy, contributes to the formation of dynamic and static wrinkles.
✔ Examine the anatomical and physiological basis of neuromodulator action at the neuromuscular junction, including the roles of acetylcholine and SNAP-25, to explain the physiological reason a neuromodulator temporarily reduces muscle movement.
✔ Locate the major arteries supplying the face, including the facial artery, its branches, and the angular–ophthalmic anastomosis, and recognize the vascular “danger zones” where compromised blood flow presents a client-safety risk.
Course Requirements
To complete the approved activity and receive your 3.0 NCEA CEs:
✔ Complete every module and every lesson, all 10 modules and all 24 lessons.
✔ Complete all 13 module quizzes (138 questions total).
✔ Pass the 25-question final exam with a score of 75% or higher (19 of 25 correct). The exam draws on content from Modules 2–9; all 10 modules are required for CE credit.
✔ Complete and submit the required course evaluation form, including participant information, signature, and CE information.
Your Certificate of Completion - showing 3.0 NCEA CEs, the NCEA COA logo, the provider statement, and the COA approval number - is issued after your evaluation form is received.
What the CE award covers
The 3.0 NCEA CEs cover the full approved activity described above. Lifetime access and AI Jonathan study support are included with your purchase but are not part of the approved educational activity and carry no CE credit. Claim CE credit only for approved content you actually complete.
Transcripts
A Continuing Education Transcript is available on request for up to three years.
Who Should Enroll?
- Aspiring estheticians seeking a stronger foundation in anatomy
- Esthetics professionals looking to expand their anatomical knowledge
- Professionals seeking NCEA COA-approved continuing education
- Anyone interested in the science of facial anatomy and facial esthetics
The right education can make all the difference. Build a deeper understanding of the face through comprehensive anatomy education from the Institute of Human Anatomy.
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- Martina Jennings
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