Test Review Chapter 8

Question 1

1.) The natural nail is primarily composed of what substance .?

Answer 1

Keratin

Question 2

2.) Which of the following is technically referred to as the onyx .?

Answer 2

The natural nail

Question 3

3.) The hard protective plate located at the end of the finger or toe is called the .?

Answer 3

Natural nail

Question 4

4.) The fingernails and toenails are part of which body system.?

Answer 4

Integumentary System

Question 5

5.) A normal healthy nail is fit and flexible , shiny , slightly , pink in color with a _________ surface .?

Answer 5

Smooth

Question 6

6.) The keratin in natural nails is ______ the keratin in hair or skin .?

Answer 6

More durable

Question 7

7.) The ______ of the nails can reflect the general health

Answer 7

Overall appearance

Question 8

8.) The lower the water content in the nail , the _____ the nail becomes

Answer 8

More rigid

Question 9

9.) The portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge is called the ______

Answer 9

Matrix

Question 10

10.) Under the nail plate has a ______ appearance extending from the lunula to just before the free edge of the nail.

Answer 10

Pinkish

Question 11

11.) what is the whitish half -moon shape at the base of the nail called ______

Answer 11

The lunula

Question 12

12.) The matrix contains ,nerves , lymph and ______ to nourish the matrix cells.?

Answer 12

Blood vessels

Question 13

13.) The ____ is the most visible and functional part of the nail unit.?

Answer 13

Nail plate

Question 14

14.) Where the nail plate cells formed .?

Answer 14

Matrix

Question 15

15.) The free edge_____

Answer 15

Extends over the tip of the finger or toe

Question 16

16.) Nail technicians are allowed to gently push back the eponychium but are prohibited from cutting or trimming any part of the eponychium because it is

Answer 16

The living skin

Question 17

17.) A tough bond of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds on organ in place is called

Answer 17

Ligament

Question 18

18.) _____ is slightly thickened layer of the skin that lies between the finger tip and the free edge of the nail plate

Answer 18

Hyponychium

Question 19

19.) The cuticle is the ___ tissue attached to the nail plate .?

Answer 19

Colorless

Question 20

20.) Cuticle it’s is incredibly ____ and difficult times to remove to the nail plate .?

Answer 20

Sticky

Question 21

21.) The living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix are

Answer 21

The eponychium

Question 22

22.) The length , width , and curvature of the determine the thickened , width , and curvature of the natural nail plate .

Answer 22

Matrix

Question 23

23.) Cuticle removers , when carefully applied to the nail plate can speed removal of stubborn

Answer 23

Cuticle tissue

Question 24

24.) A normal nail plate grows from the ___ and extends over the tip of the finger

Answer 24

Matrix

Question 25

25.) Ligaments are located at the base of the ___ and around the edge of the nail bed .

Answer 25

Matrix

Question 26

26.) The side wall , also called the ___ is the fold of skin overlapping the side of the nail.?

Answer 26

Lateral nail fold

Question 27

27.) Nails grow slowest at what times of the year

Answer 27

Winter

Question 28

28.) The ____ are folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate .?

Answer 28

Nail folds

Question 29

29.) The nail of the ___ grows fastest

Answer 29

Middle finger

Question 30

30.) Nails of _____ grow at a slower rate than others

Answer 30

Elderly person

Question 31

31.) Because of hormonal changes in the body , nails growth, ______ during the last trimester of pregnancy. ?

Answer 31

Increase dramatically

Question 32

32.) What can be done to make the nail plate grow thicker .?

Answer 32

Nothing

Question 33

33.) Compared to the matrix found on finger nails , the matrix found on the toenails is ______ .?

Answer 33

Longer

Question 34

34.) Compared to fingernails , toenails grow .?

Answer 34

More slowly

Question 35

35.) How long does the replacement of the natural finger nails take .?

Answer 35

4 to 6months

Question 36

36.) How long does it take for the natural replacement of a toenail .?

Answer 36

9- 12 months

Question 37

37.) The natural nail is considered an appendage of the .?

Answer 37

Skin

Question 38

38.) The surface of a normal, healthy nail _____

Answer 38

Is unspotted

Question 39

39.) Oil based nail conditioners ____

Answer 39

Can improve nail flexibility

Question 40

40.) Nail folds form the nail groove or ____ on each side of the nail.

Answer 40

Furrow

Question 41

41.) As a person ages part of the nail matrix begin to permanently slow down production causing the nail plate to develop a series of _______ running the length of the plate .

Answer 41

Narrow grooves

Question 42

42.) what causes the dramatic increases and decreases in the rate of nail growth during and after pregnancy

Answer 42

Hormonal changes

Question 43

43.) Cuticle conditioners are designed for the eponychium lateral sidewalls , and _____

Answer 43

Hyponychium

Question 44

44.) The nail is relatively____ to water allowing it to pass much more easily than it will pass through normal skin of equal thickness

Answer 44

Porous