PSI Manicurist Study Guide
The most visible part of the nail is - correct answer ✔✔Nail plate
Nail Bed - correct answer ✔✔- Is the portion of living skin that supports the nail plate.
- has blood vessel and many nerves
What rests on the nail bed? - correct answer ✔✔Nail plate
The visible part of the matrix is - correct answer ✔✔Lunula
The natural nail is composed of mainly - correct answer ✔✔Keratin
The skin under the free edge is called - correct answer ✔✔Hyponychium
The living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix area is the: - correct answer
✔✔Eponychium
Nail Folds - correct answer ✔✔- 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 - correct answer ✔✔- Squoval: square shaped with rounded edgers
- Square Nails: square shaped straight across, no rounding edges
,- 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? - correct answer ✔✔Tongs, gloves or
draining basket
Nippers - correct answer ✔✔- 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 - correct answer ✔✔lightly tap over the entire foot to complete massage
Signs of a healthy nail - correct answer ✔✔- white, translucent in appearance with a pinkish color of the
nail bed showing through
- smooth and absorbs water
Solon Pedicure Logbook - correct answer ✔✔- kept for 2 months/60 days
- required by TDLR ( Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations
Changing ownership - correct answer ✔✔- owner continue to operate as usual
, - new owner has to inform TDLR for 30 days
Psoriasis - correct answer ✔✔chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with silvery scales
Dirty nail clippers immerse in disinfectant solution will cause? - correct answer ✔✔solution will be
contaminated or get cloudy
Replacement of natural nail take how long - correct answer ✔✔4 to 6 months
Replacement of toe nail take how long - correct answer ✔✔9 to 12 months
Average nail growth in a normal adult is - correct answer ✔✔1/10 inches per month
Nails grow faster in - correct answer ✔✔the summer than the winter
Whos nails grow faster - correct answer ✔✔children than elderly
Which nail grows fastest/slowest - correct answer ✔✔middle finger grows the fastest and thumb nail
grows the slowest
Epidermis - correct answer ✔✔outer most and thinnest layer of the skin
Melani - correct answer ✔✔dark skin pigment that help protect from UV light/lamps
Dermis - correct answer ✔✔- deepest layer of the skin
- also called: derma, corium, cutis, or true skin
The most visible part of the nail is - correct answer ✔✔Nail plate
Nail Bed - correct answer ✔✔- Is the portion of living skin that supports the nail plate.
- has blood vessel and many nerves
What rests on the nail bed? - correct answer ✔✔Nail plate
The visible part of the matrix is - correct answer ✔✔Lunula
The natural nail is composed of mainly - correct answer ✔✔Keratin
The skin under the free edge is called - correct answer ✔✔Hyponychium
The living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix area is the: - correct answer
✔✔Eponychium
Nail Folds - correct answer ✔✔- 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 - correct answer ✔✔- Squoval: square shaped with rounded edgers
- Square Nails: square shaped straight across, no rounding edges
,- 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? - correct answer ✔✔Tongs, gloves or
draining basket
Nippers - correct answer ✔✔- 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 - correct answer ✔✔lightly tap over the entire foot to complete massage
Signs of a healthy nail - correct answer ✔✔- white, translucent in appearance with a pinkish color of the
nail bed showing through
- smooth and absorbs water
Solon Pedicure Logbook - correct answer ✔✔- kept for 2 months/60 days
- required by TDLR ( Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations
Changing ownership - correct answer ✔✔- owner continue to operate as usual
, - new owner has to inform TDLR for 30 days
Psoriasis - correct answer ✔✔chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with silvery scales
Dirty nail clippers immerse in disinfectant solution will cause? - correct answer ✔✔solution will be
contaminated or get cloudy
Replacement of natural nail take how long - correct answer ✔✔4 to 6 months
Replacement of toe nail take how long - correct answer ✔✔9 to 12 months
Average nail growth in a normal adult is - correct answer ✔✔1/10 inches per month
Nails grow faster in - correct answer ✔✔the summer than the winter
Whos nails grow faster - correct answer ✔✔children than elderly
Which nail grows fastest/slowest - correct answer ✔✔middle finger grows the fastest and thumb nail
grows the slowest
Epidermis - correct answer ✔✔outer most and thinnest layer of the skin
Melani - correct answer ✔✔dark skin pigment that help protect from UV light/lamps
Dermis - correct answer ✔✔- deepest layer of the skin
- also called: derma, corium, cutis, or true skin
