Nail disorders, Diseases and anatomy
What is the technical term for the nail
The Onyx
What is a nail disorder?
Is a condition caused by injury or imbalanced.
What is the part of the nail plate that extends beyond the end of the finger?
Free edge
What is the study of the structure and growth of the nails?
Onychology
If a client has a nail disease can we Treat it at the salon?
NO we can only refer to a physician
What is the most visible and hardest part of the nail?
The Nail Plate
List at least 4 types of Nail disorders?
Bruised nail, eggshell nails, Beau's lines, hang nail, koilonychia, Leukonychia, Melanonychia, Blue nails, Onychophagy, Onychorrhexis, plicatured nails, nail ptegruim, ridges, splinter hemmorrhages
What is onychogryphosis?
Thickening & Curvature to the nail; known as ram horns
True or False it takes 6-12 months to grow a fingernail, If false how many?
False, 4-6
Give an example of how you would decline a service because they had a a Nail infection
Anything is correct depending how they say it
What is it called where the nail is formed
The matrix
What is Onychophagy?
Bitten nails
What is Onychocryptosis?
Also known as ingrown nails
List one thing you should observe while examining the hands
Temperature of the skin
Skin texture/feel
Inflammation/ redness on hand or nail
Color/condition of nail bed
Condition and length of free edge
Tenderness or stiff joints
Shape and thickness of the nail plate
What is paronychia?
Bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the skin around the nail
What finger grows the fastest and slowest
Fastest- middle finger
Slowest- thumb (thumbnail)
What is koilonychia also known as
spoon liked nails
What is Onychauxis (hypertrophy)?
Overgrowth, thickness of the nail
What disease refers to loosening or separation of the nail?
Onycholysis
What is Tinea Pedi?
It is fungal infection found on feet, also known as athletes feet?
As a nail technician what part of the nail shouldnt we cut.
The eponychium
What is onychorrhexis
Split or brittle nails
What is Onychia?
Inflammation to the nail matrix
What is Onychophyma?
Swelling of the nail
What is Nail Psoriasis?
appears rough and pitted on the nail plate