nail structure

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

• Whitish

• Grayish

• Bluish

• 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 towards 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 epithelium

• Eponychium

• Hyponchium

• Matrix