Chapter 9

Front 1

You should not provide services for a client whose nails or skin is:

Back 1

Infected, inflamed, broken

Front 2

Which condition is characterized by a blood clot under the nail plate?

Back 2

Bruised nail

Front 3

What is recommended for a client with a bruised nail?

Back 3

Application of dark nail polish

Front 4

What typically causes ridges?

Back 4

Uneven growth of nails

Front 5

The nails of a client with _____ are white.

Back 5

Eggshell nails

Front 6

What is not a common cause of eggshell nails?

Back 6

Injury

Front 7

Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate are known as:

Back 7

Beau's lines

Front 8

What is another term for hangnail?

Back 8

Agnail

Front 9

As a nail professional, you are allowed to ____ the thin layer of dead cuticle tissue on the nail plate.

Back 9

Remove

Front 10

Redness, swelling, and pus are all signs of what?

Back 10

Infection

Front 11

What refers to a whitish discoloration of the nails, usually caused by injury to the nail Matrix?

Back 11

Leukonychia spots

Front 12

Leukonychia spots will go away when:

Back 12

The nail grows out

Front 13

What presents as a black band within the nail plate?

Back 13

Melanonychia

Front 14

What is fairly common and is considered normal in African Americans?

Back 14

Melanonychia

Front 15

What term refers to bitten nails?

Back 15

Onycho(phagy)

Front 16

What is characterized by split or brittle nails that also have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate?

Back 16

Onycho(rrhexis)

Front 17

Excessive use of ______ can cause onycho(rrhexis).

Back 17

Cuticle removers, aggressive filing techniques, and injury to the Matrix

Front 18

Nail enhancement products should _____ be applied if the nail bed is exposed.

Back 18

Never

Front 19

Nails with onycho(rrhexis) often lack sufficient:

Back 19

Moisture

Front 20

The condition known as _____ figuratively means "folded nail".

Back 20

Plicatured nail

Front 21

Nail pterygium is usually caused by:

Back 21

Serious injury

Front 22

If a client has nail pterygium, you should _____.

Back 22

Not push extension of the skin back with an instrument

Front 23

The greater the curvature of the Matrix the greater the curvature of the ____.

Back 23

Free edge

Front 24

When the free edge of a highly curved nail pinches the side walls into a deep curve, it is known as:

Back 24

Trumpet nail

Front 25

Fungi can cause infections on the ____.

Back 25

Hands and feet

Front 26

Fungi infections prefer to grow in:

Back 26

Warm, dark, and moist conditions

Front 27

Infections are caused by large numbers of _____ on a surface.

Back 27

Bacteria or fungi

Front 28

A typical bacterial infection on the nail plate usually changes in color from:

Back 28

Yellow to Green to Brown to Black

Front 29

It is illegal for an a professional to ____ nail infection.

Back 29

Treat or diagnose

Front 30

You should completely ____ all metal implements after every service.

Back 30

Disinfect

Front 31

The signs of infection include:

Back 31

Redness, pain, pus, and swelling.

Front 32

Nail infections develop more readily in people who regularly place their hands in _____.

Back 32

Harsh Cleaning Solutions

Front 33

What term refers to any deformity or disease of the nails.

Back 33

Onych(osis)

Front 34

Which condition is characterized by an inflammation of the nail Matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail plate?

Back 34

Onychia

Front 35

_____ is characterized by the lifting of the nail plate from the bed without shedding?

Back 35

Onycho(lysis)

Front 36

What is a common cause of onycho(lysis) trauma, allergic reaction of the nail bed, and ___?

Back 36

physical injury

Front 37

The separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed is called:

Back 37

Onycho(madesis)

Front 38

The pits caused by ____ may occur randomly or may occur in evenly spaced rows.

Back 38

Psoriasis

Front 39

What is a severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to The Nail plate?

Back 39

Pyogenic Granuloma

Front 40

Tinea pedis most often strikes between:

Back 40

The fourth and fifth toes

Front 41

Clients with tinea pedis should wear cotton socks, change socks at least twice a day, and _____.

Back 41

Avoid wearing the same shoes each day

Front 42

Onycho(mycosis) is a type of:

Back 42

Fungal infection

Front 43

Onycho(mycosis) commonly presents as whitish patches that can be scraped off the surface of the nail, long yellowish streaks within the nail plate, and ____.

Back 43

Crumbling free edge of the nail