NAIL TECHNICIAN PAPER 2027 SETS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Lunula - ✔✔the visible portion of the nail matrix, identified as the half-moon, lighter
portion of the nail bed.
✔✔Macules - ✔✔discolorations that lie flat on the skin, such as freckles. Macules
greater than 1 centimeter are sometimes referred to as patches.
✔✔Maintenance/backfill bits - ✔✔electric file bits used to perform maintenance on pink
and whites. These bits cut a new smile for replacing the white tip product. Larger bits
can be used to remove the white product.
✔✔Mammary glands - ✔✔glands found in the breasts of women.
✔✔Mandrel - ✔✔metal or rubber bit placed into the handpiece of an electric file.
✔✔Mantle - ✔✔the part of the nail that holds the nail matrix and where the nail root is
formed as it grows out of the nail matrix.
✔✔Marbleizing - ✔✔nail art where two or more colors are combined on the nail and
swirled with a stylus while wet.
✔✔Mast cells - ✔✔cells found in the dermis that respond to injury by releasing heparin
and respond to allergens by releasing histamine.
✔✔Materials - ✔✔items that must be replaced for each client, are single use and not
reusable, such as cotton balls.
✔✔Mechanoreceptors - ✔✔sensory receptors, also known as nerve endings.
✔✔Meibomian glands - ✔✔specialized sebaceous glands found in the eyelids.
, ✔✔Meissner's corpuscles - ✔✔sometimes called tactile corpuscles, these sensory
receptors detect light touches.
✔✔Melanin - ✔✔the pigment that protects us from ultraviolet rays and produces skin
color.
✔✔Melanocytes - ✔✔the melanin-producing cells, found in the stratum germinativum,
that protect the more sensitive cells in the dermis.
✔✔Melanonychia - ✔✔a dark or black band within the nail plate caused by an increase
of pigment cells, called melanocytes, within the nail matrix.
✔✔Melasma - ✔✔a form of hyperpigmentation most commonly found in women,
especially those who are pregnant or pre-menopausal. It is thought to be caused by a
surge in the female hormones estrogen and progesterone, which stimulates the
production of melanin; also known as Chloasma faciei.
✔✔Merkel nerve endings - ✔✔sensory receptors that detect displacement of skin,
increasing tactile sensory information from skin contact as well as detecting small, sharp
points that penetrate the skin.
✔✔Methylacrylates - ✔✔acrylics commonly used to manufacture resins and plastics.
✔✔Miliaria rubra - ✔✔also known as prickly heat, this condition is characterized by
itching or prickling sensations and inflammation. When the eccrine glands are blocked,
the sweat leaks into deeper layers of the epidermis, causing blister-like rashes.
✔✔Milliampere - ✔✔a smaller rating of electrical strength.
✔✔Miscible - ✔✔liquids that mutually dissolve or are considered mutually soluble. This
means that once the two or more substances are mixed together, they are not easily
separated, such as rubbing alcohol and water.
✔✔Mix ratio: - ✔✔the amount of monomer liquid and polymer powder used to create a
bead of product.
✔✔Monomers - ✔✔individual molecules that are capable of adjoining.
✔✔Monomer liquid and polymer powder nail enhancements: - ✔✔often called acrylic
nails or sculptured nails, these enhancements are created by mixing a monomer liquid
with a polymer powder.
✔✔Nail bed - ✔✔the area of the skin underneath the nail plate that nourishes the nail
cells above it.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Lunula - ✔✔the visible portion of the nail matrix, identified as the half-moon, lighter
portion of the nail bed.
✔✔Macules - ✔✔discolorations that lie flat on the skin, such as freckles. Macules
greater than 1 centimeter are sometimes referred to as patches.
✔✔Maintenance/backfill bits - ✔✔electric file bits used to perform maintenance on pink
and whites. These bits cut a new smile for replacing the white tip product. Larger bits
can be used to remove the white product.
✔✔Mammary glands - ✔✔glands found in the breasts of women.
✔✔Mandrel - ✔✔metal or rubber bit placed into the handpiece of an electric file.
✔✔Mantle - ✔✔the part of the nail that holds the nail matrix and where the nail root is
formed as it grows out of the nail matrix.
✔✔Marbleizing - ✔✔nail art where two or more colors are combined on the nail and
swirled with a stylus while wet.
✔✔Mast cells - ✔✔cells found in the dermis that respond to injury by releasing heparin
and respond to allergens by releasing histamine.
✔✔Materials - ✔✔items that must be replaced for each client, are single use and not
reusable, such as cotton balls.
✔✔Mechanoreceptors - ✔✔sensory receptors, also known as nerve endings.
✔✔Meibomian glands - ✔✔specialized sebaceous glands found in the eyelids.
, ✔✔Meissner's corpuscles - ✔✔sometimes called tactile corpuscles, these sensory
receptors detect light touches.
✔✔Melanin - ✔✔the pigment that protects us from ultraviolet rays and produces skin
color.
✔✔Melanocytes - ✔✔the melanin-producing cells, found in the stratum germinativum,
that protect the more sensitive cells in the dermis.
✔✔Melanonychia - ✔✔a dark or black band within the nail plate caused by an increase
of pigment cells, called melanocytes, within the nail matrix.
✔✔Melasma - ✔✔a form of hyperpigmentation most commonly found in women,
especially those who are pregnant or pre-menopausal. It is thought to be caused by a
surge in the female hormones estrogen and progesterone, which stimulates the
production of melanin; also known as Chloasma faciei.
✔✔Merkel nerve endings - ✔✔sensory receptors that detect displacement of skin,
increasing tactile sensory information from skin contact as well as detecting small, sharp
points that penetrate the skin.
✔✔Methylacrylates - ✔✔acrylics commonly used to manufacture resins and plastics.
✔✔Miliaria rubra - ✔✔also known as prickly heat, this condition is characterized by
itching or prickling sensations and inflammation. When the eccrine glands are blocked,
the sweat leaks into deeper layers of the epidermis, causing blister-like rashes.
✔✔Milliampere - ✔✔a smaller rating of electrical strength.
✔✔Miscible - ✔✔liquids that mutually dissolve or are considered mutually soluble. This
means that once the two or more substances are mixed together, they are not easily
separated, such as rubbing alcohol and water.
✔✔Mix ratio: - ✔✔the amount of monomer liquid and polymer powder used to create a
bead of product.
✔✔Monomers - ✔✔individual molecules that are capable of adjoining.
✔✔Monomer liquid and polymer powder nail enhancements: - ✔✔often called acrylic
nails or sculptured nails, these enhancements are created by mixing a monomer liquid
with a polymer powder.
✔✔Nail bed - ✔✔the area of the skin underneath the nail plate that nourishes the nail
cells above it.
