Chapter 8

Question 1

Complete replacement of the nail plate takes about

Answer 1

4-6 months

Question 2

Toe nails take ….. to be fully replaced

Answer 2

9 months - to a year

Question 3

As a person ages, parts of the nail matrix begins to permanently slow down

Answer 3

Production causing the plate to develope a series of narrow grooves running down the length of the plate

Question 4

The length. Width, and curvature of …. Determines the thickness, width, and curvature of the nail plate

Answer 4

The matrix determines

Question 5

Can make the nail grow thicker

Answer 5

Nothing

Question 6

Nail plates grow faster in the …. Than in the ….

Answer 6

Summer than the winter

Question 7

….. nails grow faster than those of …. People

Answer 7

Children’s , older

Question 8

The nail on the….. grows fastest

Answer 8

Middle finger

Question 9

The nail of the …. Grows slowest

Answer 9

Thumb

Question 10

Nail growth rates ….. during the last trimester of pregnancy because of …. In the body

Answer 10

Increase dramatically , hormonal changes

Question 11

Although , toes plates grow more slowly than fingernail tips, they are thicker because the toenails …….. than the ….. on fingernail

Answer 11

Matrix is longer

Question 12

Is a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place

Answer 12

A ligament

Question 13

Ligaments are located at the …. And around the……

Answer 13

Base of the matrix , edges of the nail beds

Question 14

Are folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate

Answer 14

Nail folds

Question 15

Nail folds form the … on each side of the nail

Answer 15

Nail groove

Question 16

The sidewalls also called the …. Is the fold of skin overlapping the side of the nail

Answer 16

Lateral contours

Question 17

The …. Is the living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix are, also the living tissue at base of the nail

Answer 17

Eponychium

Question 18

The ….. is the slight thickened layer of skin that lies between the fingernail tip and the free edge of the nail tip

Answer 18

Hyponuchium

Question 19

Nail techs cannot … huponychium but they can push it back because it is ….

Answer 19

Cut, live skin

Question 20

The cuticle is the …. Tissue attached to the nail plate

Answer 20

Dead , colorless

Question 21

This tissue is ……. To remove from the nail plate

Answer 21

Incredibly sticky and difficult

Question 22

Cuticle moisturizers, softeners, or conditioners are ….. because they are used for the ……. NOT the cuticle

Answer 22

Improperly named , eponychium, lateral sidewalls, and hyponychium

Question 23

Cuticle removers are

Answer 23

Properly named

Question 24

Nail grows from the

Answer 24

Matrix

Question 25

They speed removal of stubborn cuticle tissue

Answer 25

Cuticle removers

Question 26

The portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows towards the free-edge

Answer 26

Nail bed

Question 27

Is the area where the nail place cells are formed

Answer 27

The matrix

Question 28

The matrix area contains …… to nourish the matrix cell

Answer 28

Nerves, lymph, and blood vessels

Question 29

The whiteish, half moonshapenundermeath the base of the nail plate

Answer 29

The lunula

Question 30

Because the nail plate is richly supplied with blood vessels , the area underneath the nail plate can have a

Answer 30

Pinkish appearance

Question 31

The most visible and functional part of the nail is

Answer 31

The nail plate

Question 32

The …. Is the part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe

Answer 32

Free-edge

Question 33

The natural nail itself is technically referred to as

Answer 33

The onyx

Question 34

The onyx is composed

Answer 34

Mainly of keratin

Question 35

The keratin in the natural nail

Answer 35

Is more durable than the keratin in the hair and skin

Question 36

A normal healthy nail is

Answer 36

Firm, flexible , shiny, and slightly pink in color

Question 37

The surface is usually

Answer 37

Smooth and unspotted, w/ no splits or deep grooves

Question 38

The nail plate is …. Allowing it to pass much easier than it will pass to normal skin to equal thickness

Answer 38

Porous to water

Question 39

The lower the water content

Answer 39

The more rigid the nail becomes

Question 40

Using an oil based nail conditioner or nail polish to coat the plate can reduce water loss and

Answer 40

Improve flexibility

Question 41

The natural nail is the

Answer 41

Hard protective plate located at the end of the finger or the toe

Question 42

It is an …. Of the skin and parts of the integumentary system

Answer 42

Appendage

Question 43

What systems are nails in ?

Answer 43

Integumentary / tegumentary system

Question 44

Their appearance can

Answer 44

Reflect the general health of the body