Chapter 9 nail disorders and diseases Flashcards
A normal healthy nail is shiny and slightly pink in color with more_tones in some races
Light green ,light brown ,blue green , beige yellow
Beige & yellow
It is likely that_of your clients have experienced one or more types of common nail disorders
None
most
very few
about half
Most
Nail disorder is a condition caused by injury or_
Genetics
disease
over buffing
nipping
Disease
Bruised nails are characterized by a blood clot that forms under the plate forming a_spot
Dark purplish
Like pinkish
Dull greenish
Right bluish
Dark purpleish
Nail ridges which are actually grooves grow in which direction
Any directions
Horizontally
Diagonally
Vertically
Vertically
Ridges are_
Normal in younger clients
Normal in older clients
A sign of poor nutrition
The sign of poor health
Normal in older clients
Eggshell nails are noticeably thin, white nail plates that are___than normal nails
Much more flexible
Much firmer
Much less flexible
Much more rigid
Much more flexible
When working on eggshell nails it’s recommended that you use an abrasive board with a grit of
80 or lower
120 or higher
240 or higher
80 to 120
240 or higher
Which way do beaus lines typically run on the nail plate
Verticall
Horizontally
Diagonall
Any directions
Horizontally
Bills lines occur because the matrix______in producing nail cells for several weeks or months
Speeds up in
Has interruptions in
Totally stops
Slows down in
Slows down
Which condition is characterized by the living skin around the nail plate splitting and tearing
Hangnail, nail pterygium, onychophagy, pincer nail
Hang nail
Signs of an infection of the nails are redness, pain, swelling, or
Bruising, puss, bleeding, splitting
Pus
What color are leukonychia spots
Purple blue, yellow white
White
Leukonychia SPOTS results from_
Vitamin deficiency
damage to the matrix,
a calcium deficiency
of zinc deficiency
Damage to the matrix
Melanonychia presents as a_of the nails
Cracking, lightening, splitting darkening
Darkening
Melanonychia is a fairly common occurrence and is considered normal in _____ but could be indicative of a disease condition in Caucasians (look up answer in book again)
African Americans and Asians, Hispanics and African-Americans, Italians and Asians,
Greeks and Asians
African Americans
This condition is caused by nailbiting
Onychocryptosis, onychia, onychomycosis, Onykophagy
Onychophagy
The technical term for split or brittle nails with a series of lengthwise ridges is
Plicatured nail
Splinter hemorrhages
Nail pterygium
Onychorrhexis
Onychorrhexis
A client with onychorrhexis should use a high-quality penetrating nail oil how often
Once daily, twice daily, once weekly, twice weekly
Twice daily
The condition known as pictured nail often leads to
Ingrown split bruised brittle
Ingrown nails
Skin is stretched by the nail plate in clients with
Pincer nail
trumpetnail
nail psoriasis, nail pterygiums
Nail Pterygium
If a client has a typical case of pincer nail you should
Refer her to a physician
Carefully trim and file the nail
Aggressively file and shapes a nail
Apply Ridge filler and nail polish
Carefully trim and file the nail
Fungi are
Parasites, bacteria, germs, mold
Parasites
Nail fungi are of concern to the nail salon because they are contagious and can be transmitted through
Personal touch, contaminated, implements, dry air, cleansing antiseptics
Contaminated implements
A typical bacterial infection on the nail plate can be identified in the early stages as a_spot
Blue green, yellow green, red purple, brown black
Yellow green
This color indicates the most advanced nail infection
Yellow green brown black
Black
A form of dramatically increased nail curvature is called
Buggle, nails, horned nails, trumpet nails, pictured nails
Trumpet nails
Which condition presents as an inflammation of the nail matrix followed by the shedding of the natural nail plate
Onychia, onychocryptosis, onycholysis, onychosis
Onychia
The technical term for ingrown nail is
Paronychia, onychocryptosis, onychomycosis, onychomadesis
Onychocryptosis
The technical term for separation and falling off of a nail from the nail bed is
Paronychia, onychomycosis, onychocryptosis , onychomadesis
Onychomadesis
What does _____and does not ____usually cause onycholysis(a separation of nail from nail bed)
Illness, physical injury, allergic reaction, trauma
Physical injury, allergic reactions, trauma
Illness
Onychomadesis can be traced to a localized infection , a severe Systemic illness or
Injury to the free edge, injury to the cuticle, injury to the matrix, injury to the Lunula
Injury to the matrix
What effect does nails psoriasis have on the nails
Splitting, pitting, crumbling, darkening
Pitting
Nail psoriasis can cause yellowish to reddish spots underneath the nail plate called
Port blotches bleach Blots, salmon patches, leukonychia spots
Salmon patches
Paronychia is:
Bacterial inflammation of the tissue surrounding the nail
the separation and falling off of a nail from the nail bed
red itchy patches of skin between the toes
depressions running across the width of the nail plate
A bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail
Which of the following people is likely to be most prone to paronychia
A Carpenter
The nurse
The electrician
An attorney
A nurse healthcare worker
Nail psoriasis can cause the surface of the plate to look like it has been filed with a course abrasive or may create a
Create a ragged free edge
Create a hangnail
Create white spots
A damaged lunula
Ragged free edge
This is a severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate
Melanonychia, nail pterygiums, pyogenic, granuloma, onychorrhexis
Pyogenic granuloma
The medical term for red itchy patches of skin on the bottom of the feet feet
Tinea Capitis
Tinea pedis
Tinea versicolor
Tinea cruris
Tinea pedis
A fungal infection of the feet is most likely to strike between the_toes
First and second
Second and third
Third and fourth
Fourth and fifth
Fourth and fifth
If a client has a fungal infection on the foot you should recommend
Changing wool socks twice daily
Changing shoes at least twice daily
Changing white cotton socks twice daily
Placing cotton with anti-septic between the toes
Changing white cotton socks twice daily
Which of the following terms refers to a fungal infection of the nail plate
Onychomycosis onychocryptosis onychoMadesus pyogenic granuloma
Onychomycosis
What causes ridges
Physical injury, uneven, nail growth, certain medication’s, certain illnesses
Uneven nail growth
Plicatured nails figuratively means
Brittle nail, cracked nail, spiral, nail, folded nail
Folded nail
Nail pterygium is an abnormal condition that occurs when skin is_by the nail plate
Softened around
Hardened at the edge of
Stretched by
Detached from
Stretched
