state board nail tech review 2023/2024 updated to pass

state board nail tech review Oncology - correct answer The study of the structure and growth of the nails matrix - correct answer Nail growth originates in the... fingernails growth - correct answer 4-6 months ; (1/8 (0.3 cm ) ) inch for adults mantel (lesson challenge ) - correct answer which part of the servers seal that protects the matrix against infection ? Keratin - correct answer a portion substance found in nails , skin , and hair is.... mantel - correct answer pocket like structure, hold the root & mantle nail martix - correct answer active tissue that generates the cells, which harden as they move outward forming the nail plate nail root - correct answer Attached to the matrix at the base of the nail, under the skin and inside the mantle nail bed - correct answer Area of the nail on which the nail body rests nail plate - correct answer Nail body; visible nail area from the nail root to free edge; made of layers; contains no nerves or blood vessels lunula - correct answer The half-moon-shaped, whitish area at the base of a nail Eponychium - correct answer Living skin at the base of the nail plate that partially overlaps the lunula cuticle - correct answer Overlapping dead tissue that is loose and pliable around the nail Nail grooves - correct answer Tracks on either side of the nail that the nail moves on as it grows side walls - correct answer Folds of skin on either side of the nail groove Perionychium - correct answer Living tissue that overlies the nail plate on the sides of the nail free edge - correct answer part of the nail plate that extends beyond the tip of the finger or toe Hyponychium - correct answer Living tissue underneath the free edge of the nail Onychomycosis (Tinea Unguium) - correct answer Ringworm of the nail tinea manus - correct answer Ringworm of the hand tinea pedis - correct answer A ringworm fungus of the foot or athlete's foot. paronychia - correct answer Inflammation of the skin around the nail Onychoptosis - correct answer Shedding or falling off of nails onychia - correct answer Inflammation of the nail matrix Onychatrophia - correct answer Atrophy or wasting away of the nail Onycholysis - correct answer Loosening or separation of the nail blue nails - correct answer Appear bluish in color, common in older people egg shell - correct answer very thin, soft nail plate Kolionychia - correct answer Spoon nails with a concave shape furrows - correct answer Indented vertical lines down the nail plate Onychogryposis - correct answer Increased curvature of nails (curved) onychocryptosis - correct answer ingrown nail Melanonychia - correct answer Darkening of the fingernails or toenails (brown or black ) Onychauxis - correct answer Thickening of nails AGNAIL OR HANGNAIL - correct answer Split cuticle; loose skin partially separated from the cuticle Bruised nails (splinter hemorrhages) - correct answer Dark purplish discoloration under the nail Leukonychia - correct answer White spots on the nail pterygium - correct answer living skin that becomes attached to the nail plate either at the eponychium or the hyponychium ( no service ) Onychophagy - correct answer Bitten nails Onychorrhexis - correct answer Split or brittle nails