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PSI Manicurist Study Guide Questions and
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The most visible part of the nail is
✓ Nail plate
Nail Bed
✓ - Is the portion of living skin that supports the nail plate.
- has blood vessel and many nerves
What rests on the nail bed?
✓ Nail plate
The visible part of the matrix is
✓ Lunula
The natural nail is composed of mainly
✓ Keratin
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The skin under the free edge is called
✓ Hyponychium
The living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix area is the:
✓ Eponychium
Nail Folds
✓ - skin folds that overlap border of nail
- tissue that encloses the nail matrix at the root of the nail
- It attaches the nail to the rest of the skin through the protective cuticle
Basic Nail Shapes
✓ - Squoval: square shaped with rounded edgers
- Square Nails: square shaped straight across, no rounding edges
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- Rounded: tapered and extended past the fingertip
- Oval: ideal shape for most women and safe (businesswomen, teachers,...etc)
- Pointed: suited for thin hands, long fingers, narrow nail bed. This nail shape is weaker,
break more easily and hard to maintain
What do you use to remove tweezers from disinfectant solution?
✓ Tongs, gloves or draining basket
Nippers
✓ - Instrument used for manicures and pedicures to trim dead skin around
the nail.
- never used to cut live, rip, or tear live tissues because it protects nail from infection
- avoid using on diabetic clients due to high risk of infection
Tapotement Movement
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✓ lightly tap over the entire foot to complete massage
Signs of a healthy nail
✓ - white, translucent in appearance with a pinkish color of the nail bed
showing through
- smooth and absorbs water
Solon Pedicure Logbook
✓ - kept for 2 months/60 days
- required by TDLR ( Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations
Changing ownership
✓ - owner continue to operate as usual
- new owner has to inform TDLR for 30 days
Psoriasis
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PSI Manicurist Study Guide Questions and
Answers | Latest Update
The most visible part of the nail is
✓ Nail plate
Nail Bed
✓ - Is the portion of living skin that supports the nail plate.
- has blood vessel and many nerves
What rests on the nail bed?
✓ Nail plate
The visible part of the matrix is
✓ Lunula
The natural nail is composed of mainly
✓ Keratin
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,2024/ 2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain Excel!
The skin under the free edge is called
✓ Hyponychium
The living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix area is the:
✓ Eponychium
Nail Folds
✓ - skin folds that overlap border of nail
- tissue that encloses the nail matrix at the root of the nail
- It attaches the nail to the rest of the skin through the protective cuticle
Basic Nail Shapes
✓ - Squoval: square shaped with rounded edgers
- Square Nails: square shaped straight across, no rounding edges
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- Rounded: tapered and extended past the fingertip
- Oval: ideal shape for most women and safe (businesswomen, teachers,...etc)
- Pointed: suited for thin hands, long fingers, narrow nail bed. This nail shape is weaker,
break more easily and hard to maintain
What do you use to remove tweezers from disinfectant solution?
✓ Tongs, gloves or draining basket
Nippers
✓ - Instrument used for manicures and pedicures to trim dead skin around
the nail.
- never used to cut live, rip, or tear live tissues because it protects nail from infection
- avoid using on diabetic clients due to high risk of infection
Tapotement Movement
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✓ lightly tap over the entire foot to complete massage
Signs of a healthy nail
✓ - white, translucent in appearance with a pinkish color of the nail bed
showing through
- smooth and absorbs water
Solon Pedicure Logbook
✓ - kept for 2 months/60 days
- required by TDLR ( Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations
Changing ownership
✓ - owner continue to operate as usual
- new owner has to inform TDLR for 30 days
Psoriasis
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