Milady Infection Control- SB- 2

Which of the following is an infectious nail condition?

• onychomycosis

• nail psoriasis

• onychocryptosis

• onycholysis

_____ refers to a fungal infection of the nail.

• Onychocryptosis

• Onychopathology

• Onychomycosis

• Onychophagy

Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate is called _____.

• pyogenic granuloma

• trumpet nail

• splinter hemorrhages

• onychophagy

A friend shows you paperwork from a doctor stating that he has tinea pedis. What is his condition?

• Scaling skin

• Whitish patches on the nail

• Athlete’s foot

• Ingrown nails

Tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate is an indication of _____.

• local infection

• ingrown nails

• athlete’s foot

• nail psoriasis

An ingrown nail is called a(n) is called _____.

• onychocryptosis

• trumpet nail

• onychomycosis

• onychophagy

The lifting of the nail plate from the bed without shedding is a sign of _____.

• onychomadesis

• nail psoriasis

• eggshell nails

• onycholysis

_____ may be caused by an allergic reaction of the nail bed.

• Onycholysis

• Melanonychia

• Onychophagy

• Splinter hemorrhage

Onychomadesis is the separation and falling off of a nail plate and can typically be traced to _____.

• darkening of nail

• nail splitting

• local infection

• bitten nails

Distended or dilated surface blood vessels are called _____.

• fissures

• macula

• telangiectasias

• excoriation