Foot and Nail Care Certification Exam
prep Questions And 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
,Foot and Nail Care Certification Exam
prep Questions And Answers
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
, Foot and Nail Care Certification Exam
prep Questions And Answers
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
prep Questions And 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
,Foot and Nail Care Certification Exam
prep Questions And Answers
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
, Foot and Nail Care Certification Exam
prep Questions And Answers
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
