Nail Disorders And Diseases

Question 1

A normal healthy nail is shiny and slightly pink in color, with more ______ tones in some races.

Answer 1

Beige/yellow

Question 2

It is likely that ____ of the your clients have experience one or more types of common nail disorders.

Answer 2

Most

Question 3

A nail disorder is a condition caused by injury or _____

Answer 3

Disease

Question 4

Bruised nails are characterized by a blood clot that forms under the plate, forming a ______ spot.

Answer 4

Dark purplish

Question 5

Nail ridges, which are grooves, grow in which direction?

Answer 5

Vertically

Question 6

Ridges are _______

Answer 6

Normal in older clients

Question 7

Eggshell nails are noticeably, thin white nail plates that are ______ than normal nails.

Answer 7

More than flexible

Question 8

When working on eggshell nails, it is recommended that you use an abrasive board with a grit of what?

Answer 8

240 or higher

Question 9

Which way do Beau’s lines typically run on the nail plate?

Answer 9

Horizontally

Question 10

Beau’s lines occur because the matrix ___ producing nail cells for several weeks or months.

Answer 10

Slows down in

Question 11

Which of these conditions is characterized by the living skin around the nail plate splitting and tearing?

Answer 11

Hangnail

Question 12

Signs of an infection of the nails are redness, pain, swelling or ___

Answer 12

Pus

Question 13

Which color are leukonychia spots?

Answer 13

White

Question 14

Leukonychia spots are a result from what?

Answer 14

Damage to the matrix

Question 15

Melanonychia is a common occurrence and considered normal in _____ but could be indicative of a disease condition in Caucasians.

Answer 15

African Americans or Asians

Question 16

Melanonychia presents as a ______ of the nails.

Answer 16

Darkening

Question 17

Which of these conditions is caused by nail biting?

Answer 17

Onychophagy

Question 18

What is the technical term for split or brittle nails with a series of lengthwise ridges?

Answer 18

Onychorrhexis

Question 19

How often should a client with onychorrhexis use high-quality penetrating nail oil?

Answer 19

Twice daily

Question 20

The condition known as plicatured nail often leads to ____ nails.

Answer 20

Ingrown

Question 21

Skin is stretched by the nail plate in clients with ______.

Answer 21

Nail pterygium

Question 22

What should you do if a client has a typical case of pincer nail?

Answer 22

Carefully trim and file the nail

Question 23

Fungi are ________

Answer 23

Parasites

Question 24

Nail fungi are of concerned to the nail salon because they are contagious and can be transmitted through ______

Answer 24

Contaminated implements

Question 25

A typical bacterial infection on the nail plate can be identified in the early stages as _____ spot.

Answer 25

Yellow/green

Question 26

Which of the following colors indicated the most advanced nail infection?

Answer 26

Black

Question 27

A form of dramatic increase nail curvature is called what?

Answer 27

Trumpet nails

Question 28

Which of the following conditions presents as an inflammation of the nail matrix, followed by shedding of the natural nail plate?

Answer 28

Onychia

Question 29

What is the technical term for an ingrown nail?

Answer 29

Onychocryptosis

Question 30

The technical term for separation and falling off of a nail from the nail bed is what?

Answer 30

Onychomadesis

Question 31

Which of the following does not usually cause onycholysis?

Answer 31

Illness

Question 32

Onychomadesis can be traced to a localized infection, ______, or a severe systemic illness.

Answer 32

Injury to the matrix

Question 33

What effect does nail psoriasis have on the nails?

Answer 33

Pitting

Question 34

Nail psoriasis can cause yellowish to reddish spots underneath the nail plate called what?

Answer 34

Salmon patches

Question 35

What is paronychia?

Answer 35

Bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounded the nail

Question 36

Which of the following people is likely to be most prone to paronychia?

Answer 36

A nurse

Question 37

Nail psoriasis can cause the surface of the nail plate to look like it has been filled with a course abrasive or may ______

Answer 37

Create a ragged free edge

Question 38

Which of the following conditions is a severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate?

Answer 38

Pyogenic granuloma

Question 39

What is the medical term for a red itchy patches of skin on the bottom of the feet?

Answer 39

Tinea pedis

Question 40

A fungal infection of the feet is most like to strike between the _______ toes.

Answer 40

Fourth and fifth

Question 41

If a client has a fungal infection on the foot, you should recommend ______

Answer 41

Changing white cotton socks twice daily

Question 42

Which of these terms referred to a fungal infection of the nail plate?

Answer 42

Onychomycosis

Question 43

What causes ridges?

Answer 43

Uneven nail growth

Question 44

Pilicatured nail figuratively means ______

Answer 44

Folded nail

Question 45

Nail pterygium is an abnormal condition that occurs when skin is _____ the nail plate.

Answer 45

Stretched by