Nail Anatomy #1
Nail Anatomy #2
Nail Anatomy#3
Nail Structure #1
Nail Structure#2
100
The technical term for the natural nail?
onyx
100
The area where the nail plate cells are formed
What is the Matrix
100
What is the average nail growth per month?
What is 1/10inch to 1/8 inch
100
The water content of the nail is between what percent?
What is 15 and 25 percent
100
Which nail grows the slowest
What is The Thumb
200

A hard protective plate composed mainly of keratin, the fiber-shaped protein found in skin and hair

What is the onyx/natural nail

200
The visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin
What is Lunula
200
Also known as the lateral nail fold, it is the fold of skin overlapping the side of the nail.
What is Sidewall
200
The water content of a nail directly affects the nails?
What is Flexability
200
Nail growth is influenced by
What is Nutrition, Health or Exercise, and Disease/Maitenance/ Weather
300

Is composed of several major parts, including the nail plate, nail bed, matrix, cuticle, eponychium, hyponychium, specialized ligaments, and nail folds

What is the natural nail unit

300
Is the dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate
What is Cuticle
300
Are folds of skin that surround the nail plate
What is nail folds
300

The nail plate is constructed of approximately how many layers of nail cells?

50 or less

300
Why are cosmetologist prohibited from cutting skin around the base of the nail plate?
What is Living skin
400
Hardened keratin plate that sits on and covers the nail bed
What is the nail plate
400
Is the living skin at the base of the natural nail plate covering the matrix area
What is eponychium
400
Is tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place
What is Ligament
400
The blood vessels that provide nourishment for growth of the nail are found in the?
What is Nail Bed
400
If a toenail is lost through injury, how long will it take for replacement?
What is 9-12 months
500
Portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge
What is the Nail Bed
500
The living skin bordering the root and sides of a fingernail or toenail
What is Perionychium
500
Is the slightly thickened layer of the skin under the nail that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the nail plate
What is Hyponychium
500
Which nail grows the fastest?
What is the middle finger
500
If the matrix remains healthy, a nail lost through injury will be replaced in about how many months
What is Four to Six
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