Chapter 10- nail Disorders And diseases

Question 1

The surface of a healthy natural nail should be

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Smooth and unspotted

Question 2

Clients with skin or nails that are infected inflamed or swollen should refer to a

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Physician

Question 3

Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate that are the result of a major illness or injury or known as

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Beaus lines

Question 4

What is a nail condition in which blood clots form under the nail plate due to a small injury of the nail plate

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Bruised nails

Question 5

Which type of nail has a noticeably thin white nail plate and is more flexible than a normal nail

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Eggshell

Question 6

When the Eponychium or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate become split or torn a blank occurs

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Hangnail

Question 7

Which treatment should be suggested to an individual with a simple hangnail

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Hot oil manicure

Question 8

Redness pain and swelling our best described as signs of a

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Infection

Question 9

Minor damage to the matrix that produces a whitish discoloration or white spots on the nails is known as

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Leukonychia

Question 10

Leukonychia spots result from

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Injury to the nail matrix

Question 11

A dark band within the nail plate extending from the base to the free edge due to increased pigmentation is known as

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Melanonychia

Question 12

Melanocytes are

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Pigment cells

Question 13

An individual who buys his or her nails may be said to have

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Onychophagy

Question 14

Splits or brittle nails with a series of lengthwise ridges and a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate is known as

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Onychorrhexis

Question 15

Excessive use of a blank can cause onychorrhexis

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Cuticle remover’s

Question 16

A highly curve nail play often called folded nail caused by injury to the matrix or inherited is

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Plicatured nail

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Blank often leads to ingrown nails

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Plicatured nails

Question 18

Ridges running vertically down the natural nail plate are caused by

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Uneven growth and age

Question 19

Physical trauma or injury to the nailbed that damages the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow results in

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Splinter hemorrhages

Question 20

Blank are always position lengthwise in the direction of growth

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Splinter hemorrhages

Question 21

The disorder in which the edges of the nail plate crawl around to form a sharp cone at the free edge is called blank

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Trumpet nail

Question 22

Maria has a nail deformity the general term for her condition is

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Onychosis

Question 23

Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shredding of the nail plate is known as

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Onychia

Question 24

Which of the following is an infectious nail condition

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Onychomycosis

Question 25

Blank refers to a fungal infection of the nail

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Onychomycosis

Question 26

Which parasite under some conditions can cause infections to the feet and hands

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Fungi

Question 27

It’s a cosmetologist provides a service to a client with a fungal infection it is blank that the cosmetologist will get that infection from the client

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Extremely unlikely

Question 28

Discolorations of the nail plate from the infections of the fingernails or toenails are usually the result of

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Bacterial infection

Question 29

A naturally occurring skin bacterium that can grow out of control in Cozumel infections in correctly referred to as mold is

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 30

In the early stages a typical bacterial infection on the nail plate can be identified as a

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Yellow green spot

Question 31

Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue rows up from the nailbed to the nail place is called

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Pyogenic granuloma

Question 32

A friend shows the paperwork from a doctor stating that he has tinea pedis what is his condition?

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Athletes foot

Question 33

Tiny pets or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate is an indication of

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Nail psoriasis

Question 34

An ingrown nail is called a

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Onychocryptosis

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The lifting of the nail plate from the bed without shutting is a sign of

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Onycholysis

Question 36

Blank may be caused by an allergic reaction of the nailbed

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Onycholysis

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Onychomadesis Is the separation and falling off of a nail plate and can typically be traced to

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Local infection