MEGA CIBTAC PRACTICE EXAM| 241 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

What are Corrugations? correct answer: Wavy ridges caused by uneven nail growth; usually result of illness or injury. (No impact) (Treatment: Buff over nails, keep hydrated with oil.) What is the definition of Anatomy? correct answer: The study of body structure What is the stratum germinativum (stratum basale)? correct answer: -deepest live layer of the epidermis -produces new epidermal skin cells (mitosis) - Moisture content approximately 83% What is the stratum corneum? correct answer: 1st layer of epidermis (outermost) What forms Chemicals? correct answer: atoms combine to form molecules What are Furrows (corrugations)? correct answer: Deep horizontal ridges in the plate. Caused by illness trauma or malnutrition. No treatment required. (Non impact) What is the definition Physiology? correct answer: The study of body function What is the Stratum Spinosum (Prickly Layer) correct answer: -Several cell layers thick -cells contain a weblike system of intermediate prekeratin filaments attached to desmosomes. -Keratinocytes appear to have spines and are scattered among abundant melanin granules and Langerhans' cells. (4th deepest layer of epidermis) What is the stratum lucidum? correct answer: 2nd layer of epidermis (not always there) What do molecules combine to form? correct answer: Combine to form cells What is the stratum granulosum (granular layer)? correct answer: -thin; three to five cell layers in which cells flatten -keratohyaline and lamellated granules accumulate - Moisture content is approximately 9-16% in this layer -Cells die as no longer receiving nourishment (3 middle layer of epidermis) where is the stratum granulosum Found? correct answer: 3rd layer of the epidermis Describe Leukonychia correct answer: Also known as white spots, whitish discoloration of the nails caused by tiny bubbles of air caused by injury. (Non impact) (Will grow out over time.)