Chapter 6 Nail diseases & disorders

The surface of a healthy natural 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(n) ________.

• Technician
• Physician
• Stylist
• Esthetician

Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate that are the result of a major illness or injury are known as __________.

• Eggshell nails
• Narrow lines
• Beau's lines
• Hangnails

What is the 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

Which type of nail has a noticeably thin, white nail plate, and is more flexible than a normal nail?

• Ingrown
• Bitten
• Leukonychia
• Eggshell

When the eponychium or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate becomes slept or torn, a _____ occurs.

• Purogenic Granuloma
• Trumpet nail
• Splinter hemorrhage
• Hangnail

Leukonychia spots result from _________.

• Injury to the nail matrix
• Calcium deficiency
• Zinc excess
• Excess melanocytes

A dark band within the nail plate extending from the base to the free edge due to increased pigmentation is known as _______.

• Melanin nails
• Onycholysis
• Onychophagy
• Melanonychia

Melanocytes are ________.

• Stem Cells
• Pre-cancerous cells
• Infection fighters
• Pigment cells

Split or brittle nails with a series of lengthwise ridges and a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate is known as ___________.

• Onychophagy
• Onychophosis
• Onychorrhexis
• Plicatured nails