Review 1
The nails are part of the _______ system.
What is integumentary?
An oil-based nail conditioner is recommended to reduce _________.
What is water loss?
The natural nail is technically referred to as the:
What is onyx?
How many layers of nail cells make up the nail plate?
What are about 50?
The medical term for fungal infections of the feet.
What is tinea pedis?
The nail plate is ________ to water.
The slits or furrows on the sides of the nail are known as the:
What are nail grooves?
A normal, healthy nail is slightly ______ in color.
What is pink?
Which finger tends to grow slowest?
What is the thumb?
Bitten nails are called _____________.
What is Onychophagy?
Where are the nail plate cells formed?
What is the matrix?
Nail technicians are permitted to _______ the eponychium.
What is push back?
The _________ is the hard protective plate over the fingers and toes.
What is the natural nail?
Nails typically grown fastest during which season?
What is the summer?
Split or brittle nails.
What is Onychorrhexis?
The layer of hardened keratin that covers the nail bed is referred to as the:
What is the nail plate?
Nail grows into the living tissue around the nail.
What is Onychocryptosis?
A highly curved matrix creates a highly curved _____ .
What is free edge?
The lunula is the _______ part of the matrix.
What is visible?
A slit or furrow on the sides of the nail.
What is nail groove?
A healthy nail typically has a water content of up to:
What is 25% ?
The thin layer of tissue that connects the nail bed to the nail plate is called the:
What is the bed epithelium?
The area under the nail plate has a pinkish appearance because it is richly supplied with___________.
What are blood vessels?
Specialized _________ attach the nail bed and matrix bed to the underlying bone.
What are ligaments?
May be seen as a black band under or with the nail plate.
What is Melanonychia?