Ch 10 Nail Diseases and Disorders TEST

The surface of a healthy nail should be:

• smooth and spotted

• flexible and spotted

• smooth and unspotted

• pitted and rough

Clients with skin or nails that are infected, inflamed, or swollen should be referred to a :

• technician

• physician

• stylist

• specialist

A nail condition in which blood clots form under the nail plate due to a small injury of the nail plate:

• bruised nails

• blue nails

• abnormal nails

• bruised onychia

Nails with noticeably thin, white nail plate that are more flexible than normal nails are:

• ingrown nails

• bitten nails

• leukonychia nails

• eggshell nails

Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate that are the result of a major illness or injury are:

• eggshell nails

• narrow lines

• Beau's 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 hangnail

• 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

• onychoposis

• onychorrhexis

• plicatured nails

A highly curved nail plate often called “folded nail,” caused by injury to the matrix or inherited, is a(n):

• bruised nail

• bitten nail

• plicatured nail

• eggshell nails