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All Nail Structure and Nail Diseases

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The natural nail is part of what system?

a)

Muscular

b)

Integumentary

c)

Skeletal

d)

Protective

2.

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

a)

lunula

b)

nail plate

c)

nail bed

d)

nail folds

3.

The part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger it toe is called the ______.

a)

cuticle area

b)

extension

c)

nail body

d)

free edge

4.

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

a)

purogenic granuloma

b)

trumpet nail

c)

splinter hemorrhage

d)

hangnail

5.

What is a nail condition in which blood clots form under the nail plate due to a small injury of the nail plate?

a)

bruised nail

b)

bruised onychia

c)

blue nails

d)

abnormal nails

6.

The slightly thickened layer of skin that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the natural nail plate is the _________.

a)

eponychium

b)

matrix

c)

mantle

d)

hyponychium

7.

A friend shows you paperwork from a doctor stating that he has tinea pedis. What is his condition?

a)

scaling skin

b)

whitish patches on the nail

c)

athlete's foot

d)

ingrown nails

8.

Tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate is an indication of _____ .

a)

local infection

b)

ingrown nails

c)

athlete's foot

d)

nail psoriasis

9.

The lifting of the nail plate from the bed without shedding is a sign of _____.

a)

onychomadesis

b)

nail psoriasis

c)

eggshell nails

d)

onycholysis

10.

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

a)

onychophagy

b)

plicatured nails

c)

onychophosis

d)

onychorrhexis

11.

An individual who bites his or her nails may be said to have _____.

a)

onychocrytosis

b)

trumpet nail

c)

onychomycosis

d)

onychophagy

12.

Physical trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow result in _____.

a)

purogenic ganulomas

b)

trumpet nail

c)

splinter hemorrhages

d)

hangnails

13.

The dead colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate is ______ .

a)

ligament

b)

lunula

c)

eponychium

d)

cuticle

14.

Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shredding of the natural nail plate is known as _______.

a)

onychia

b)

flagella

c)

onyx

d)

fungi

15.

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

a)

protein

b)

eponychium

c)

adipose tissue

d)

matrix

16.

The nail plate is formed by the ______.

a)

matrix cells

b)

grooves

c)

cuticle

d)

mantle

17.

An ingrown nail is called a(an) is called _________.

a)

onychocryptosis

b)

onychophagy

c)

trumpet nail

d)

onychomycosis

18.

Moriah has a nail deformity. The general term for her condition is ________.

a)

onyc

b)

onychophosis

c)

onychia

d)

onychosis

19.

________ refers to a fungal infection of the nail.

a)

onychocryptosis

b)

onychophagy

c)

Onychopathology

d)

onychomycosis

20.

The surface of a healthy natural nail should be _______.

a)

smooth and spotted

b)

pitted and rough

c)

flexible and spotted

d)

smooth and unspotted