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Chapter 9: Nail Diseases and Disorders

Question 1 of 50

1

What is the medical term for fungal infections of the feet?

Select one of the following:

  • Tinea capitis

  • Tinea pedis

  • Tinea versicolor

  • Tinea cruris

Explanation

Question 2 of 50

1

A fungal infection of the feet is MOST likely to strike between the _______________ toes.

Select one of the following:

  • first and second

  • second and third

  • third and fourth

  • fourth and fifth

Explanation

Question 3 of 50

1

What usually causes onychorrhexis?

Select one of the following:

  • Harsh cleaning agents

  • Aggressive filing techniques

  • Excessive use of cuticle removers

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 4 of 50

1

Which of these conditions does the living skin around the nail plate splitting and tearing characterize?

Select one of the following:

  • Hangnail

  • Onychophagy

  • Nail pterygium

  • Pincer nail

Explanation

Question 5 of 50

1

Bruised nails are characterized by a blood clot that forms under the plate, forming a ___________ spot.

Select one of the following:

  • dark purplish

  • light pinkish

  • dull greenish

  • bright bluish

Explanation

Question 6 of 50

1

The overgrowth or thickening of the nail is called ________________.

Select one of the following:

  • onychauxis

  • onychatrophia

  • onychophagy

  • onychocryptosis

Explanation

Question 7 of 50

1

A condition in which a clot of blood forms under the nail plate due to injury to the nail bed is called a(n) _______________.

Select one of the following:

  • bruised nail

  • discolored nail

  • infection

  • inflammation

Explanation

Question 8 of 50

1

Small white spots often seen under the surface of the nail plate are called _____________.

Select one of the following:

  • lunula

  • leukonychia

  • onychatrophia

  • epohychium

Explanation

Question 9 of 50

1

Hangnails can be caused by _______________.

Select one of the following:

  • skin dryness

  • minor trauma

  • nail enhancements

  • both skin dryness and minor trauma

Explanation

Question 10 of 50

1

Leukonychia spots are a sign of what type of deficiency?

Select one of the following:

  • Calcium

  • Zinc

  • Neither a nor b

  • Both a and b

Explanation

Question 11 of 50

1

Paronychia is ____________.

Select one of the following:

  • a bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail

  • the separation and falling off of a nail from the nail bed

  • ingrown nails

  • depressions running across the width of the nail plate

Explanation

Question 12 of 50

1

Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges are called _________.

Select one of the following:

  • onychorrhexis

  • onychophagy

  • corrugations

  • plicatured

Explanation

Question 13 of 50

1

The technical name for Athlete's Foot is ________.

Select one of the following:

  • vitiligo

  • cholasma

  • tinea pedis

  • sarcoma

Explanation

Question 14 of 50

1

If the client has a skin or nail inflammation, you should tactfully suggest the client to ____________.

Select one of the following:

  • wash better

  • see a physician

  • eat less salt

  • stop biting nails

Explanation

Question 15 of 50

1

Performing a service on an infected nail could cause your client a great amount of _____________.

Select one of the following:

  • happiness

  • soaking

  • filing

  • pain

Explanation

Question 16 of 50

1

A nail technician should never perform services on a client if there is evidence of _____________.

Select one of the following:

  • an infection

  • ragged cuticles

  • healthy skin

  • a hangnail

Explanation

Question 17 of 50

1

The wasting away or atrophy of the nails is known as ___________.

Select one of the following:

  • onychauxis

  • onychatrophia

  • agnails

  • leukonychia

Explanation

Question 18 of 50

1

Nails, which are thin, white and curved over the free edges are called ______________.

Select one of the following:

  • furrowed

  • hangnails

  • eggshell

  • healthy

Explanation

Question 19 of 50

1

A condition, in which the nail loosens from the nail bed, usually beginning at the free edge and continuing to the lunula, is called _______.

Select one of the following:

  • paronychia

  • onychoptosis

  • onycholysis

  • onychomycosis

Explanation

Question 20 of 50

1

Problems generally associated with nail thickness, as well as some surface irregularities of the plate are _________.

Select one of the following:

  • nail plate disorders

  • circulation problems

  • matrix problems

  • digestion problems

Explanation

Question 21 of 50

1

A nail condition caused by injury or disease is called a nail ____________.

Select one of the following:

  • imperfection

  • disfigurement

  • disorder

  • fungus

Explanation

Question 22 of 50

1

Inflamed skin is _______________.

Select one of the following:

  • purple

  • black and blue

  • red and sore

  • yellow

Explanation

Question 23 of 50

1

A skin or nail infection will show evidence of ___________.

Select one of the following:

  • bruising

  • pus

  • furrows

  • discoloration

Explanation

Question 24 of 50

1

Onychia and paronychia are often caused by __________.

Select one of the following:

  • fever

  • infection

  • unsanitary implements

  • bruising

Explanation

Question 25 of 50

1

A nail plate with ____________ stretches the skin.

Select one of the following:

  • pincer nail

  • trumped nail

  • nail psoriasis

  • nail pterygium

Explanation

Question 26 of 50

1

Onychocryptosis can affect _____________.

Select one of the following:

  • the fingers

  • the toes

  • both a and b

  • neither a nor b

Explanation

Question 27 of 50

1

What is onychocryptosis?

Select one of the following:

  • Bitten nails

  • Ingrown nails

  • Split nails

  • Detached nails

Explanation

Question 28 of 50

1

Which of these conditions does nail biting cause?

Select one of the following:

  • Onychocryptosis

  • Onychophagy

  • Onychia

  • Onychomadesis

Explanation

Question 29 of 50

1

Which of these conditions presents as an inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail plate?

Select one of the following:

  • Onychia

  • Onychosis

  • Onychocryptosis

  • Onycholysis

Explanation

Question 30 of 50

1

Which of the following does NOT usually cause onycholysis?

Select one of the following:

  • Systemic medical condition

  • Physical injury

  • Allergic reaction of the nail bed

  • Trauma

Explanation

Question 31 of 50

1

Nail psoriasis can cause yellowish to reddish spots underneath the nail plate, called ______________.

Select one of the following:

  • port wine stains

  • leukonychia spots

  • bleach blots

  • salmon patches

Explanation

Question 32 of 50

1

Which of these terms refers to a fungal infection of the nail plate?

Select one of the following:

  • Onychomycosis

  • Onychocryptosis

  • Onychomadesis

  • Pyrogenic granuloma

Explanation

Question 33 of 50

1

Nail pterygium is caused by damage to the ________.

Select one of the following:

  • eponychium

  • hyponychium

  • both a and b

  • neither a nor b

Explanation

Question 34 of 50

1

Melanonychia is a _________ of the nails.

Select one of the following:

  • cracking

  • slitting

  • lightening

  • darkening

Explanation

Question 35 of 50

1

What effect does nail psoriasis have on the nails?

Select one of the following:

  • Splitting

  • Pitting

  • Crumbling

  • Darkening in color

Explanation

Question 36 of 50

1

Which of the following conditions is a severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate?

Select one of the following:

  • Melanonychia

  • Nail pterygium

  • Pyrogenic granuloma

  • Onychorrhexis

Explanation

Question 37 of 50

1

Plicatured nail figuratively means __________.

Select one of the following:

  • brittle nail

  • cracked nail

  • spiraled nail

  • folded nail

Explanation

Question 38 of 50

1

Nail ridges grow in which direction?

Select one of the following:

  • All directions

  • Horizontally

  • Diagonally

  • Vertically

Explanation

Question 39 of 50

1

Ridges are _________________ .

Select one of the following:

  • normal in younger clients

  • normal in older clients

  • a sign of poor nutrition

  • a sign of a systemic medical condition

Explanation

Question 40 of 50

1

Which way do Beau's lines typically run on the nail plate?

Select one of the following:

  • Vertically

  • Horizontally

  • Diagonally

  • Any direction

Explanation

Question 41 of 50

1

The condition known as plicatured nail often leads to ____________ nails.

Select one of the following:

  • ingrown

  • bruised

  • split

  • brittle

Explanation

Question 42 of 50

1

Fungi are MOST likely to spread __________________.

Select one of the following:

  • from the client's toenails to your fingernails

  • from the client's toenails to the client's fingernails

  • from toenail to toenail on the client

  • from the client's fingernails to the client's toenails

Explanation

Question 43 of 50

1

A typical bacterial infection on the nail plate can be identified in the early stages as a _________ spot.

Select one of the following:

  • blue-green

  • yellow-green

  • red-purple

  • brown-black

Explanation

Question 44 of 50

1

Which of the following colors indicates the most advanced nail infection?

Select one of the following:

  • Yellow

  • Green

  • Brown

  • Black

Explanation

Question 45 of 50

1

You should never provide any type of nail services to clients with a ____________ nail infection.

Select one of the following:

  • bacterial

  • fungal

  • both a and b

  • neither a nor b

Explanation

Question 46 of 50

1

Nail psoriasis can ________________.

Select one of the following:

  • cause evenly spaced rows of pits to appear on the nail plate

  • cause the surface of the nail plate to look like it is filled with coarse abrasive

  • create a ragged free edge

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 47 of 50

1

What causes ridges?

Select one of the following:

  • Physical injury

  • Uneven nail growth

  • Certain medications

  • Certain illnesses

Explanation

Question 48 of 50

1

A nail disorder is a condition caused by __________________.

Select one of the following:

  • injury

  • disease

  • both a and b

  • neither a nor b

Explanation

Question 49 of 50

1

Which of the following can help prevent hangnails?

Select one of the following:

  • Picking at the skin around the nail

  • Keeping the skin moisturized

  • Soaking nails in acetone-based remover

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 50 of 50

1

Under what condition can you cut a client's living tissue?

Select one of the following:

  • If the client signs a waiver

  • You can never cut a client's living tissue

  • If the client writes and signs a note granting you permission

  • If the client gives you verbal permission

Explanation

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