Ch.5 Nail Structure & Growth

The appearance of the nails is said to reflect the __ of the body

• general health

• height

• age

• weight

The surface of a normal, healthy nail __

• is spotted

• has hollows

• has no grooves

• is rough

The natural nail is composed mainly of the same fiber protein found __

• neurons

• the lining of the stomach

• blood

• hair

A normal healthy nail is __

• soft

• dull

• white

• flexible

The area under the nail plate typically has a __ appearance in the area that extends from the lunula to the area just before the free edge of the nail

• whitish

• grayish

• blueish

• pinkish

The nail plate __

• sits on the free edge

• is the lunula

• slowly slides across the nail bed as it grows

• sits on the nail matrix

The nail plate is constructed of about __ layers of nail cells

• 1

• 50

• 10

• 100

The __ is the portion of the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge

• nail unit

• nail fold

• nail groove

• nail bed

The lunula is the visible part of the __

• ligament

• cuticle

• matrix

• free edge

Which of the following attaches the nail bed to the nail plate

• bed epthelium

• eponychium

• hyponchium

• matrix