FOOT AND NAIL CARE CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Beau's lines - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Horizontal grooves ( not ridges) extending from one side of
the nail to the other. Transverse lines. caused by the matrix bed either temporarily ceasing to produce
nail plate or slowing down the production of the plate. will generally affect all 20 nail plates.
Clubbing Nail plate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅180° angle of the nail
Corns - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pinpoint pressure thickened hyperkeratotic lesion that ordinarily
forms on toes composed of protective layers of compacted dead skin cells
Callus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Generalized pressure thickened hyperkeratotic skin usually on the
plantar aspect of the foot compose a protective layers of compacted dead skin cells
Koilonychia nail plate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Spooning of the nail, edges turn up, may also have
nail thinning
Mee's lines - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Aka: partial leukonchyia. Surface irregularities of white
discoloration half of the nail transverse lines
Muehrcke's lines - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Surface irregularities of narrow horizontal white bands
Onychodystrophy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Deformation of the nail
Onychoschizia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Surface irregularities of lamellar splitting of the nail plate
Pitting of the nail - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Surface irregularities in the nail plate resulting from
proximal matrix bed disorders
White nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: liver diseases
, Half of nail is pink, half is white - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: kidney diseases
Nailbed is red - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: heart conditions
Yellowing in thickening of the nail, slow growth rate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition:
lung diseases
Pale nailbeds - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: anemia
Yellowish nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: diabetes, AIDS, aging process, fungi,
emphysema, tuberculosis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, malignancies, rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid
disease.
Pale, thick, brittle nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: fungal infection
Green Discoloration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅disorder under the nail plate. pseudomonas infection,
aspergillus fungal infection or hematoma under the nail can appear green
bluish discoloration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅subungual tissue disorders. cyanosis or lack of O2.
COPD. Improperly fitting shoes
Gray nail beds - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical conditions: malnutrition, Edema or cardio
pulmonary disease
Dark nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: vitamin B 12 deficiency
Brittle nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: iron deficiency, impaired thyroid, kidney or
circulatory
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Beau's lines - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Horizontal grooves ( not ridges) extending from one side of
the nail to the other. Transverse lines. caused by the matrix bed either temporarily ceasing to produce
nail plate or slowing down the production of the plate. will generally affect all 20 nail plates.
Clubbing Nail plate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅180° angle of the nail
Corns - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pinpoint pressure thickened hyperkeratotic lesion that ordinarily
forms on toes composed of protective layers of compacted dead skin cells
Callus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Generalized pressure thickened hyperkeratotic skin usually on the
plantar aspect of the foot compose a protective layers of compacted dead skin cells
Koilonychia nail plate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Spooning of the nail, edges turn up, may also have
nail thinning
Mee's lines - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Aka: partial leukonchyia. Surface irregularities of white
discoloration half of the nail transverse lines
Muehrcke's lines - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Surface irregularities of narrow horizontal white bands
Onychodystrophy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Deformation of the nail
Onychoschizia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Surface irregularities of lamellar splitting of the nail plate
Pitting of the nail - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Surface irregularities in the nail plate resulting from
proximal matrix bed disorders
White nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: liver diseases
, Half of nail is pink, half is white - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: kidney diseases
Nailbed is red - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: heart conditions
Yellowing in thickening of the nail, slow growth rate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition:
lung diseases
Pale nailbeds - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: anemia
Yellowish nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: diabetes, AIDS, aging process, fungi,
emphysema, tuberculosis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, malignancies, rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid
disease.
Pale, thick, brittle nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: fungal infection
Green Discoloration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅disorder under the nail plate. pseudomonas infection,
aspergillus fungal infection or hematoma under the nail can appear green
bluish discoloration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅subungual tissue disorders. cyanosis or lack of O2.
COPD. Improperly fitting shoes
Gray nail beds - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical conditions: malnutrition, Edema or cardio
pulmonary disease
Dark nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: vitamin B 12 deficiency
Brittle nails - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Medical condition: iron deficiency, impaired thyroid, kidney or
circulatory
