WorksheetsCh. 10 Nail Disorders and Diseases.
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The surface of a healthy natural nail should be
a)
smooth and spotted
b)
flexible and spotted
c)
smooth and unspotted
d)
pitted and rough
2.
Clients with skin or nails that are infected, inflamed, or swollen should be referred to a
a)
technician
b)
physician
c)
stylist
d)
estetician
3.
Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate that are the results of a major illness or injury are known as
a)
eggshell nails
b)
narrow lines
c)
beau's lines
d)
hangnails
4.
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 nails
b)
blue nails
c)
abnormal nails
d)
bruised onychia
5.
Which type of nail has a noticeably thin, white nail plate, and is more flexible than a normal nails?
a)
ingrown
b)
bitten
c)
leukonychia
d)
eggshell
6.
When the eponychium or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate becomes split or torn, a _________ occurs
a)
purogenic granuloma
b)
trumpet nails
c)
splinter hemorrhage
d)
hangnail
7.
Which treatment should be suggested to an individual with a simple hangnail?
a)
removal of the damaged nail
b)
hot oil manicures
c)
removal of the entire cuticle, including living portions
d)
daily use of medicated soaps
8.
Redness, pain and swelling are best described as a sign of
a)
cosmetic defect
b)
deformity
c)
infection
d)
abrasion
9.
Minor damage to the matrix that produces a whitish discoloration or white spots on the nails is known as
a)
leukonychia
b)
melanonychia
c)
hangnail
d)
nail fungus
10.
Leukonychia spots result from
a)
injury to the nail matrix
b)
calcium deficiency
c)
zinc excess
d)
excess malanocytes
11.
A dark band within the nail plate extending from the base to the free edge due to increased pigmentation is known as
a)
melanin nails
b)
onycholysis
c)
onychophagy
d)
melanonychia
12.
Melanocytes are
a)
stem cells
b)
pre cancerous cells
c)
infection fighters
d)
pigment cells
13.
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)
onychoposis
c)
onychorrhexis
d)
plicatured nails
14.
Excessive use of _________ can cause onychorrhexis
a)
hot oil treamtents
b)
nail strengtheners
c)
cuticle removers
d)
nail polish
15.
____________ often leads to ingrown nails
a)
onychophagy
b)
plicatured nails
c)
nail pterygium
d)
beau's lines
16.
Ridges running vertically down the natural nail plate are caused by ____________
a)
overgrowth and polish
b)
medication and cold temperatures
c)
uneven growth and age
d)
bitten nails
17.
Physical trauma or injry to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allows small amounts of blood flow results in
a)
purogenic granulomas
b)
trumpet nails
c)
splinter hemorrhages
d)
hangnails
18.
_____________ are always be positioned lengthwise in the direction of growth
a)
splinter hemorrhages
b)
hangnails
c)
koilonychia
d)
leukonychia
19.
The disorder in which the edges of the nail plate curl around to form a sharp cone at the free edge is called
a)
purogenic granuloma
b)
trumpet nail/pincer nail
c)
splinter hemorrhages
d)
onychophagy
20.
Moriah has a nail deformity. The general term for her condition is
a)
onyx
b)
onychia
c)
onychosis
d)
onychophosis
21.
Inflammation of the nail matrix following by shredding of the natural nail plate is known as
a)
onychia
b)
onyx
c)
fungi
d)
flagella
22.
Which of the following is an infections nail condition?
a)
onychomycosis
b)
nail psoriasis
c)
onychocryptosis
d)
onycholysis
23.
_________ refers to a fungal infection of the nails
a)
onychocryptosis
b)
onychopathology
c)
onychomycosis
d)
onychophagy
24.
Which parasite, under some conditions, can cause infections to the feet and hands?
a)
onycho
b)
flagella
c)
fungi
d)
plicature
25.
If a cosmetologist provides a service to a client with a fungal infection, it is ________- that the cosmetologist will get that infection from the client.
a)
extremely unlikely
b)
possible
c)
probable
d)
extremely likely
26.
Discolorations of the nail plate from infections to the fingernails or toenails are usually the result of a
a)
mold
b)
fungus
c)
viral infection
d)
bacterial infection
27.
A naturally occurring skin bacterium that can grow out of control and cause nail infections, incorrectly referred to as mold, is
a)
pseudomonas aeruginosa
b)
paronychia granular
c)
pyogenic granular
d)
plicatured nails
28.
In the early stages, a typical bacterial infection on the nail plate can be identified as a
a)
yellow-green spot
b)
nail deformity
c)
seperation of the nail
d)
white, lengthwise ridges
29.
Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate is called
a)
pyogenic granuloma
b)
trumpet nail
c)
splinter hemorrhages
d)
onychophagy
30.
A friend shows you paperwork from a doctor stating that he has tinea pedis. What is his conditon?
a)
scaling skin
b)
white patches on the nail
c)
athlete's foot
d)
ingrown nails
31.
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
32.
An ingrown nail is called a
a)
onychocryptosis
b)
trumpet nail
c)
onychomycosis
d)
onychophagy
33.
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
34.
__________ may be caused by an allergic reaction of the nail bed.
a)
onycholysis
b)
melanonychia
c)
onychophagy
d)
splinter hemorrhage
35.
Onychomadesis is the separation and falling off of a nail plate and can typically be traced to ___________
a)
darkening of nail
b)
nail splitting
c)
local infections
d)
bitten nails
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