Nail Structure and Anatomy

What is the technical term for the natural nail?

• Lunula

• Onyx

• Matrix

• Mantle

The hardened keratin structure covering the nail bed is the __________.

• nail extension

• lunula

• nail plate

• matrix

The end portion of the nail plate that reaches over the fingertip is called the _________.

• free edge

• nail root

• nail extension

• nail fold

The blood vessels that provide nourishment for growth of the nail are found in the __________.

• nail body

• nail root

• free edge

• nail bed

What is the thin layer of tissue that attaches the nail plate to the nail bed?

• Cuticle

• Bed epithelium

• Free edge

• Eponychium

The nail unit consists of basic parts, which are the nail bed, matrix, nail plate, and __________.

• onyx, bed epithelium, nail folds, specialized ligaments, and free edge

• cuticle, folds, ligaments, lunula, onyx, bed epithelium, and free edge

• cuticle, eponychium, perionychium, hyponychium, specialized ligaments, and nail folds

• onyx, cuticle, nail folds, eponychium, hyponychium, and free edge

The living skin at the base of the natural nail plate that covers the matrix area is known as the __________.

• hyponychium

• nail bed

• mantle

• eponychium

The skin that surrounds the nail plate is known as the __________.

• cuticle

• nail fold

• nail wall

• perionychium

The whitish, half-moon shape at the base of the nail is known as the __________.

• free edge

• bed epithelium

• eponychium

• lunula

The dead tissue that tightly adheres to the natural nail plate is the __________.

• cuticle

• eponychium

• ligament

• hyponychium