Chapter 9 - Nail structure and growth

Question 1

The natural nail is part of what system

Answer 1

Integumentary

Question 2

The natural nail is composed mainly of a hard, fiber shaped blank

Answer 2

Protein

Question 3

Which statement is true of the nail plate

Answer 3

It is more porous than normal skin of equal thickness

Question 4

As it grows, the blank slides across the nail bed

Answer 4

nail plate

Question 5

The nail plate is formed by the

Answer 5

Matrix cells

Question 6

What may appear to be one solid piece but is actually constructed of about 100 layers of nails cells?

Answer 6

Nail plate

Question 7

The part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe is called the

Answer 7

.Free edge

Question 8

The portion of living skin that supports the nail plate is the nail

Answer 8

.Bed

Question 9

Which part of the nail unit is richly supplied with blood vessels and with nerves

Answer 9

Nail bed

Question 10

The nailbed contains many nerves and is attached to the nail plate with a thin layer of tissue called the

Answer 10

Bed epithelium

Question 11

Karen is very nervous at her first job interview her hands are sweating so much that she thinks her fingernails are sweating in reality from which part of the nail unit is the sweat most likely arising

Answer 11

Nail folds

Question 12

Nail polish is applied to the

Answer 12

Nail plate

Question 13

The area of the nail where the nail plate cells are formed is the

Answer 13

.Matrix

Question 14

The lighter color of the blank shows the true color of the matrix

Answer 14

Lunula

Question 15

The dead colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate is the

Answer 15

Cuticle

Question 16

The living scan at the base of the nail plate is the

Answer 16

Eponychium

Question 17

When clipping his own nails Jose accidentally and painfully clips the skin under the nail between the finger tip and the free edge what has he clipped

Answer 17

.hyponychium

Question 18

The tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones is the

Answer 18

Ligament

Question 19

The nail bed and matrix bed or attached to the underlying bone by

Answer 19

Ligaments

Question 20

The skin that overlaps the side of the nail is called the

Answer 20

.Sidewall

Question 21

Normal healthy nails grow in a variety of shapes depending upon the shape of the

Answer 21

,Matrix

Question 22

The longer nail matrix produces a blank nail plate

Answer 22

‘Thicker

Question 23

Nail growth rates increase dramatically during

Answer 23

Last trimester of pregnancy

Question 24

As a person ages parts of the nail matrix begin to permanently slow down production causing

Answer 24

‘The plate to develop a series of narrow grooves running down the length of the plate