Unit 6 nail disorders and diseases

_____ are wavy ridges or furrows in the nail.

• Onychophagy

• Agnails

• Corrugations

• Leukonychia

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa is caused by ______ trapped under the nail.

• Dust

• Infection

• Ingrown nails

• Bacteria

Tinea unguium is known as _____ of the nail.

• nail plate

• ringworm

• Split cuticle

• Psoriasis

Eggshell nails are ______

• Thick nails

• inflamed nails

• hard nails

• Thin nails

______ is a general term for nail disease.

• Onyx

• Atrophy

• Onychosis

• onychopaghy

Cyanosis of the nail is also called ______

• Blue nails

• white nails

• Green nails

• black nails

Deep inflammation around the margin or base of the nail is?

• Pterygium

• Fissures

• Corrugations

• Paronychia

_____ is the technical term for white spots on the nail

• Onyx

• Onychocrytosis

• Onychophagy

• Leukonychia

A normal healthy nail is smooth and _____ or beige in color

• Green

• Pink

• brown

• blue

Which of these conditions is characterized by the living skin around the nail plate splitting and cracking?

• Onychopaghy

• Nail pterygium

• Corrugations

• Hangnail