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WorksheetsCosmo: Nail Disorders, Diseases & Conditions Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 22mins
Match the following
wavy ridges on nail
corrugations
white spots on nail
leukonychia
bitten nails
onychophagy
depressions in the nail
furrows
overgrowth in the thickness of nail
onychauxis
Match the following
Increased curvature of the nail
pincer nail
folded nail
plicatured nail
blue nails
onychocyanosis
bruised nails
hematoma
thin plated, fragile nails
onychomalacia
Match the following
Darkening of the nails
melanyonychia
increased thickness or curvature of nails
onchyogryphosis
ingrown nails
onychocryptosis
Wasting away of the nail
onychatrophia
a loosening or separation of the nail plate from the nail bed
onycholysis
The nail is composed of a protein substance called (a)
The (a) is the part of the nail that houses specialized stem cells that create the (b)
The nail (a) rests on the nail (b)
The living tissue that overlies the nail plate on the (a) of the nail is known as the (b)
The (a) is the part of the nail plate that extends beyond the (b) of the finger.
Prior to a service the nail tech observes indicators that a client may have onychomycosis. How should the nail technician proceed?
perform nail service with caution
perform nail service as usual
perform nail services with modifications
no service may be performed
What is a common cause of brittle nails?
overuse of nail solvents
severe injury to the hyponychium
fungal infection of the nail
bacterial infection of the nail
If there is (a) damage to the (b) then nails can grow back and be healthy!
The average monthly rate of nail growth is about (a) of an inch and takes about (b) to grow a new nail if it has been removed by accident.
Why is a nail torn away from the skin very painful?
the skin under the nail contains nerve endings
because you broke a bone
because the melanin pigments get altered
the skin contains sudoriferous glands
The (a) is where the nail begins to grow.
What is the name of the portion of the epidermis that is under the free edge of the nail?
The half moon found on the nail is called the (a)
Nails (just like hair) are appendages of the (a)
