WOCN Latest Exam Question And Answer
2025
onychorrhexis - correct answers ✅✅narrow parallel grooves from
the nail base to free nail border
transverse lines (Beau's Lines) - correct answers ✅✅usually
caused by systemic disease resulting in temporary interruption of
nail production
onychoschizia - correct answers ✅✅splitting of the nail plate into
layers. Distal splitting usually relate to overhydration, aging,
exposure to chemicals
clubbing - correct answers ✅✅excess curvature of nail from front
to back and side to side usually due to chronic hypoxiz
koilonychia - correct answers ✅✅spoon-shaped nails (nail is
adherent to nail bed but the free edges of the nail curl up and
away from the nail bed
trumpet or pincer nail - correct answers ✅✅disorder in which the
edges of the nail plate curl around and compress the underlying
skin to form the shape of a trumpet or cone at the free edge
tile-shaped nails or c-shaped nails - correct answers ✅✅nails
that curve down at edges, usually symmetrical. severe c-shaped
nails increase the risk of ingrown nails
,WOCN Latest Exam Question And Answer
2025
plicatured nails - correct answers ✅✅one or both sides of the
nail curve downward into the soft tissue of the surrounding nail
folds, resulting in ingrown nails
pterygium - correct answers ✅✅abnormal adherence of
eponychium or hyponychium to nail
callous of hyponychium - correct answers ✅✅callus formation
that obscures the free nail border, usually due to poorly fitting
footwear causing repetitive friction
splinter hemorrhages - correct answers ✅✅bleeding that occurs
between the nail bed and the nail plate as a result of trauma to
the wound bed. No treatment is required; it will grow out
subungual hematoma - correct answers ✅✅clot that forms
between the nail bed and the nail plate due to trauma. May cause
severe pain, which is relieved by drainage of the hematoma
onychomadesis - correct answers ✅✅separation of the nail plate
from the underlying nail matrix at the proximal end of the nail.
usually due to local injury or infection or to severe illness.
onycholysis - correct answers ✅✅separation of the nail from the
nail bed beginning at the distal end of the nail. may be caused by
shoe trauma and most likely to be caused by fungal infection
,WOCN Latest Exam Question And Answer
2025
onychomycosis (tinea unguium) - correct answers ✅✅fungal
infection of the nail; usually begins along the nail margins and
under the free border.
leukonychia mycotica - correct answers ✅✅fungal infection of
the superficial nail plate; usually causes white discoloration of the
nail
fungal infection treatment - correct answers ✅✅Vicks Vaporub or
other menthol product, Clear Nails, Tea Tree Oil, or Fungoid
Tincture
paronychia - correct answers ✅✅inflammation of the nail fold
from trauma such as ingrown nails. Acute causes purulent
drainage and chronic has no purulence.
onychocryptosis - correct answers ✅✅ingrown nail
subungual keratoma - correct answers ✅✅buildup of calloused
tissue under the nail plate, most commonly due to shoes that fit
poorly but also seen with thickened nails and ingrown nails. Must
remove the callus with scalpel to relieve the pressure.
subungual melanoma - correct answers ✅✅malignancy involving
the nail. may present as a brown or black band or spot in the nail
itself or spreading from under the nail to the surrounding skin
, WOCN Latest Exam Question And Answer
2025
calcaneus - correct answers ✅✅heel bone
distal interphalangeal joint - correct answers ✅✅joint between
middle and distal phalanges
eponychium - correct answers ✅✅Living skin at the base of the
natural nail plate that covers the matrix area (cuticle)
free nail border - correct answers ✅✅top edge of nail plate
where it separates from the nail bed
Hyponychium - correct answers ✅✅border between distal nail
place and the underlying nail bed
malleolus - correct answers ✅✅the rounded bony protuberance
on each side of the ankle
Metatarsals - correct answers ✅✅foot bones
metatarsophalangeal joint - correct answers ✅✅articulation
between a metatarsal bone of the foot and the proximal phalanx
bone of a toe
nail bed - correct answers ✅✅layer of epithelium that interlocks
with nail plate to promote tight adherence between nail bed and
overlying nail plate
2025
onychorrhexis - correct answers ✅✅narrow parallel grooves from
the nail base to free nail border
transverse lines (Beau's Lines) - correct answers ✅✅usually
caused by systemic disease resulting in temporary interruption of
nail production
onychoschizia - correct answers ✅✅splitting of the nail plate into
layers. Distal splitting usually relate to overhydration, aging,
exposure to chemicals
clubbing - correct answers ✅✅excess curvature of nail from front
to back and side to side usually due to chronic hypoxiz
koilonychia - correct answers ✅✅spoon-shaped nails (nail is
adherent to nail bed but the free edges of the nail curl up and
away from the nail bed
trumpet or pincer nail - correct answers ✅✅disorder in which the
edges of the nail plate curl around and compress the underlying
skin to form the shape of a trumpet or cone at the free edge
tile-shaped nails or c-shaped nails - correct answers ✅✅nails
that curve down at edges, usually symmetrical. severe c-shaped
nails increase the risk of ingrown nails
,WOCN Latest Exam Question And Answer
2025
plicatured nails - correct answers ✅✅one or both sides of the
nail curve downward into the soft tissue of the surrounding nail
folds, resulting in ingrown nails
pterygium - correct answers ✅✅abnormal adherence of
eponychium or hyponychium to nail
callous of hyponychium - correct answers ✅✅callus formation
that obscures the free nail border, usually due to poorly fitting
footwear causing repetitive friction
splinter hemorrhages - correct answers ✅✅bleeding that occurs
between the nail bed and the nail plate as a result of trauma to
the wound bed. No treatment is required; it will grow out
subungual hematoma - correct answers ✅✅clot that forms
between the nail bed and the nail plate due to trauma. May cause
severe pain, which is relieved by drainage of the hematoma
onychomadesis - correct answers ✅✅separation of the nail plate
from the underlying nail matrix at the proximal end of the nail.
usually due to local injury or infection or to severe illness.
onycholysis - correct answers ✅✅separation of the nail from the
nail bed beginning at the distal end of the nail. may be caused by
shoe trauma and most likely to be caused by fungal infection
,WOCN Latest Exam Question And Answer
2025
onychomycosis (tinea unguium) - correct answers ✅✅fungal
infection of the nail; usually begins along the nail margins and
under the free border.
leukonychia mycotica - correct answers ✅✅fungal infection of
the superficial nail plate; usually causes white discoloration of the
nail
fungal infection treatment - correct answers ✅✅Vicks Vaporub or
other menthol product, Clear Nails, Tea Tree Oil, or Fungoid
Tincture
paronychia - correct answers ✅✅inflammation of the nail fold
from trauma such as ingrown nails. Acute causes purulent
drainage and chronic has no purulence.
onychocryptosis - correct answers ✅✅ingrown nail
subungual keratoma - correct answers ✅✅buildup of calloused
tissue under the nail plate, most commonly due to shoes that fit
poorly but also seen with thickened nails and ingrown nails. Must
remove the callus with scalpel to relieve the pressure.
subungual melanoma - correct answers ✅✅malignancy involving
the nail. may present as a brown or black band or spot in the nail
itself or spreading from under the nail to the surrounding skin
, WOCN Latest Exam Question And Answer
2025
calcaneus - correct answers ✅✅heel bone
distal interphalangeal joint - correct answers ✅✅joint between
middle and distal phalanges
eponychium - correct answers ✅✅Living skin at the base of the
natural nail plate that covers the matrix area (cuticle)
free nail border - correct answers ✅✅top edge of nail plate
where it separates from the nail bed
Hyponychium - correct answers ✅✅border between distal nail
place and the underlying nail bed
malleolus - correct answers ✅✅the rounded bony protuberance
on each side of the ankle
Metatarsals - correct answers ✅✅foot bones
metatarsophalangeal joint - correct answers ✅✅articulation
between a metatarsal bone of the foot and the proximal phalanx
bone of a toe
nail bed - correct answers ✅✅layer of epithelium that interlocks
with nail plate to promote tight adherence between nail bed and
overlying nail plate
