All Nail Structure and Nail Diseases

The natural nail is part of what system?

• Muscular

• Integumentary

• Skeletal

• Protective

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

• lunula

• nail plate

• nail bed

• nail folds

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

• cuticle area

• extension

• nail body

• free edge

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

• purogenic granuloma

• trumpet nail

• splinter hemorrhage

• hangnail

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

• bruised nail

• bruised onychia

• blue nails

• abnormal nails

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

• eponychium

• matrix

• mantle

• hyponychium

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

• scaling skin

• whitish patches on the nail

• athlete's foot

• ingrown nails

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

• local infection

• ingrown nails

• athlete's foot

• nail psoriasis

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

• onychomadesis

• nail psoriasis

• eggshell nails

• onycholysis

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

• onychophagy

• plicatured nails

• onychophosis

• onychorrhexis