Chapter 10: Nail Disorders & Diseases

The surface of a healthy natural nail should be;

• smooth and spotted 
• flexible and spotted 
• smooth and unspotted 
• pitted and rough 

Clients wiwth skin or nails that are infected, inflammed, or swollen should be referred to a;

• technician 
• physician 
• stylist 
• specialist

Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate that are the resut of a mahot illness of injury are

• eggshell nails 
• narrow lines 
• beaus lines 
• hangnails 

Redness, pain, and swelling are signs of a(n);

• Condition
• disorder 
• infection 
• abrasion

Minor damage to the matrix that produces a whitish discoloration or white spots on the nails is;

• leukonychia 
• melanonychia 
• a hangnanil 
• nail fungus 

A dark band within the nail plate extending from the base to the free edge due to increased pigmentation is;

• melanin nails 
• onycholysis
• onychophagy 
• melanonychia 

Split or brittle nails with a series of lengthwise ridges and a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate is;

• onychophagy
• onychophosis
• onychorrhexis 
• plicatured nails 

A highly curved nail plate often called "folded nail" caused by injury to the matix or intended is a(n);

• bruised nail
• bitten nails 
• plicatured nail 
• eggshell nail 

Ridges running vertically down the natural nail plate are caused by:

• overgrowth and polish 
• medication and cold 
• uneven growth and age
• bitten nails 

Physical trauma or injury to the nail bed which damages the capillaries and allows small amounts of blood flow

• hangnail
• trumpet nail
• onychophagy
• splinter hemorrhages