Cosmetology Chapter 9 Quiz Game

The natural nail is part of what system?

• a. Muscular
• b. Integumentary
• c. Skeletal
• d. Protective

The natural nail is composed mainly of a hard, fiber-shaped

• a. protein
• b. adipose tissue
• c. matrix
• d. eponychium

Which statement is true of the nail plate?

• a. It requires oxygen.
• b. It is made of living cells.
• c. It is more porous than normal skin of equal thickness.
• d. It is rigid and impermeable

As it grows, the slides across the nail bed

• a. cuticle
• b. nail plate
• c. nail grooves
• d. mantle

The nail plate is formed by the

• a. matrix cells
• b. cuticle
• c. man
• d. grooves

Which of the following may appear to be one solid piece, but is actually constructed of about 100 layers of nail cells?

• a. Lunula
• b. Nail bed
• c. Nail folds
• d. Nail plate

The part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe is called the

• a. cuticle area
• b. nail body
• c. free edge
• d. extension

The portion of living skin that supports the nail plate is the nail

• a. root
• b. bed
• c. groove
• d. matrix

Which part of the nail unit is richly supplied with blood vessels and with nerves?

• a. Lunula
• b. Nail bed
• c. Nail folds
• d. Nail plate

The nail bed contains many nerves and is attached to the nail plate with a thin layer of tissue called the

• a. bed eponychium
• b. bed lunula
• c. nail mantle
• d. bed epithelium