Nail Diseases & Disorders

A normal healthy nail is firm and flexible and should be:

• Uneven and unspotted
• Smooth and unspotted
• Long and unspotted
• Short and unspotted

If a client has ridges running vertically down the length of natural nail plate, it is recommended that you:

• File them agressively
• Buff them carefully
• Thin the nail plate
• Refer the client to a physician

The medical term for fungal infections associated with the feet is:

• Tinea pathogenic
• Tinea pedis
• Tinea alopecia
• Paronychia

A typical bacteria infection on the nail plate can be identified in the early stages as a ________ spot that become darker in its advance stages.

• Orange-red
• White-grey
• Blue-green
• Yellow-green

The separation and falling off of a nail from the nail bed is a sign of: 

• Onychia
• Paronychia
• Onychomadesis
• Pynogenic granuloma

Which of the following does NOT cause onychorrhexis?

• Injury to the matrix
• Heredity
• Aggressive filling techniques
• Insufficient use of cuticleremovers

Tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail are signs of which condition?

• Paronychia
• Onychocryptosis
• Nail psoriasis
• Onychomycosis

The term ________ refers to a condition caused by injury or disease of the nail unit.

• Nail psoriasis
• Nail pterygium
• Nail disorder
• Nail service

Splinter hemorrhages are cause by physical trauma or injury to the:

• Nail plate
• Nail bed
• Free edge
• Lunula

Nail fungi can be transmitted through _______ instruments.

• Sterilized
• Disinfected
• Contaminated
• Disposable