Chapter 9&10- Nail Disorders

Question 1

A healthy nail appears slightly

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Pink

Question 2

The area around the base of the finger nails and toes is sealed against foreign materials & microorganisms by the

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Cuticle

Question 3

The nail is composed mainly of

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Keratin

Question 4

The visible portion of the matrix bed is called the

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Lunula

Question 5

The portion of skin on which the nail plate rests is the nail

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Bed

Question 6

The nail is formed in the matrix bed which is the nail

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Root

Question 7

The most visible and functional part of the nail unit is the nail body or the nail

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Plate

Question 8

The nail has between 15-25% _____ content

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Water

Question 9

The portion of the skin under the free edge is called the

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Hyponychium

Question 10

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ______ easily killed by exposure to air

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Bacteria

Question 11

The deep fold of skin in which matrix bed is imbedded is the

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Mantel

Question 12

White spots on nails are known as

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Leukonychia

Question 13

Melonychia may be seen under or within the nail plate as a ______ band

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Black

Question 14

When cuticles split around the nail it is called a

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Hangnail

Question 15

The part of the nail that extends over the finger tips is the

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Free edge

Question 16

The cuticle over lapping the lunula is the

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Eponychium

Question 17

A client with pferygium will have 1 or more nails with forward growth of the

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Eponychium

Question 18

The technical term of the nail is

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Onyx

Question 19

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a type of

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Bacteria

Question 20

The nails are an appendage of the

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Skin

Question 21

The medical term for athletes foot is tinea

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Pedius

Question 22

The portion of the skin under the free edge is the

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Hyponychium

Question 23

Abnormally brittle nails with striations are a disorder called

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Onychorrhexis

Question 24

A nail bed and matrix bed are attached to underlying bone by

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Ligaments

Question 25

Folded nails- a disorder characterized by one or both edges of nail pots folded at 90 degrees or more into soft tissue of nail margins is called __________ nails

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Plicatured

Question 26

In adults, nails grow at an average rate of 1/8” a _____

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Week

Question 27

Hangnails can be caused by cutting too much ________

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Cuticle

Question 28

When manicuring a client with corrugations, you can buff nails gently and use a ridge _____

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Filler

Question 29

Blue nails are a sign of poor blood ___________

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Circulation

Question 30

Abnormal brittleness or splitting of nails may be caused by careless ______

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Filing

Question 31

An increase of cross wide curvature throughout nail plates is a symptom of _____ shaped nails

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Tile

Question 32

Tinea unguium is commonly called _________ of the nails

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Ringworm

Question 33

A severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissues grows from the nail bed to the nail plate is known as

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Pyogenic granuloma

Question 34

People who work with their hands in water or wash their hands continuously are prone to

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Paronychia

Question 35

Onychomadesis, onychoptosis, and onychia all have ______ of the nail

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Shedding

Question 36

Loosening of nail without shedding from free edge to lunula is

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Onycholysis

Question 37

Onychia is an inflammation with piss formation affecting the ________ bed

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Matrix

Question 38

One nail condition that may receive a manicure is

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Onychophagy