Pivot Point Nails chapter 14 Exam
2025 Questions and Answers
Six signs of infection - ANSWER✔✔-Pain,swelling,redness,local fever,throbbing and
pus
Etiology - ANSWER✔✔-Cause of disease,disorder or condition
Onychophagy - ANSWER✔✔-Bitten nails
Beau's lines - ANSWER✔✔-Indentations that run across the nail
Pterygium - ANSWER✔✔-Refers to the living skin that becomes attached to the nail
plate either at the eponychium(dorsal pterygium) or the hyponychium(inverse
pterygium)
Leuconychia - ANSWER✔✔-White spots appearing in the nails
Melanonychia - ANSWER✔✔-A brown or black darkening of the nail
Onychia - ANSWER✔✔-Inflammation of the nail matrix
Onychorrhexis - ANSWER✔✔-Split or brittle nail
Onychauxis - ANSWER✔✔-Hypertrophy is a thickening of the nail plate or an
abnormal outgrowth of the nail
Agnails - ANSWER✔✔-Split cuticles, loose skin partially separated from the cuticle
(hang nails)
Onychocryptosis - ANSWER✔✔-Ingrown nails
Furrows - ANSWER✔✔-Indented vertical lines down the nail plate
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2025 Questions and Answers
Six signs of infection - ANSWER✔✔-Pain,swelling,redness,local fever,throbbing and
pus
Etiology - ANSWER✔✔-Cause of disease,disorder or condition
Onychophagy - ANSWER✔✔-Bitten nails
Beau's lines - ANSWER✔✔-Indentations that run across the nail
Pterygium - ANSWER✔✔-Refers to the living skin that becomes attached to the nail
plate either at the eponychium(dorsal pterygium) or the hyponychium(inverse
pterygium)
Leuconychia - ANSWER✔✔-White spots appearing in the nails
Melanonychia - ANSWER✔✔-A brown or black darkening of the nail
Onychia - ANSWER✔✔-Inflammation of the nail matrix
Onychorrhexis - ANSWER✔✔-Split or brittle nail
Onychauxis - ANSWER✔✔-Hypertrophy is a thickening of the nail plate or an
abnormal outgrowth of the nail
Agnails - ANSWER✔✔-Split cuticles, loose skin partially separated from the cuticle
(hang nails)
Onychocryptosis - ANSWER✔✔-Ingrown nails
Furrows - ANSWER✔✔-Indented vertical lines down the nail plate
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