Chapter 8—Nail Structure & Growth

      The hard protective plate found at the ends of fingers and toes are:

•      Nail grooves

•     Natural nails

•     Nail ends

•        Mantles

    The area under a healthy nail plate should appear;

•      Bluish

•     Reddish

•     Pinkish

•     Brownish

   A main protein that is found in natural nails is:

•      Water

•   Keratin

•    Cuticle

•       Melanin

    Nails are an appendage of the skin and are part of what body system?

•    Digestive system

•      Respiratory system

•       Nervous system

•      Integumentary system

   A healthy nail is smooth, shiny, and:

•    Dark gray

•     Translucent gray

•     Bluish

• Translucent

  The portion of the living skin on which the nail plate sits is the:

•     Nail bed

•    Cuticle

•     Nail fold

•     Ligament

     The nail bed is attached to the nail plate by a thin layer of tissue called the:

•     Natural nail

•     Free edge

•       Bed epithelium

• Nail groove

   Nail cells are formed in what part of the nail structure?

•       Matrix

•      Mantle

•       Cuticle

•      Muscles