NAIL TECHNOLOGY FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Onychorrhexis - ✔✔abnormal brittleness of nail plate
✔✔Ridge - ✔✔known as Furrow or Corrugation, is vertical or horizontal indentation on
nail plate
✔✔Onychosis - ✔✔term for any nail disease or deformity
✔✔Onychomycosis - ✔✔known as Tinea Unguium, is fungal infection of nail
✔✔Tinea Pedis - ✔✔known as Athletes Foot, fungal infection on bottom of foot
✔✔Onychia - ✔✔inflammation of the nail matrix
✔✔Onycholysis - ✔✔loosening or separation, w/o shedding of nail plate
✔✔Paronychia - ✔✔bacterial inflammation of the skin surrounding nail plate
✔✔Lungs - ✔✔respiratory organs, responsible for inhaling & exhaling
✔✔Quaternary Ammonium Compounds - ✔✔known as Quats, standard name for
disinfectants
✔✔Alcohol - ✔✔flammable, colorless liquid that evaporates quickly
✔✔Sodium Hypochlorite - ✔✔bleach
✔✔Phenol - ✔✔strong, high pH disinfectant
✔✔Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide (AHP) - ✔✔colorless liquid cleaning and disinfecting
solution
✔✔Humerus - ✔✔largest bone in upper arm
✔✔Ulna - ✔✔inner& larger bone on outside of forearm
✔✔Radius - ✔✔outer smaller bone on inside of the forearm
✔✔Carpals - ✔✔8 bones that form the wrist
✔✔Metacarpals - ✔✔5 long, thin bones between the wrist & fingers
, ✔✔Phalanges - ✔✔known as Digits, bones of fingers & toes
✔✔Pronator Muscles - ✔✔turns the forearm & hand inward so palms face down
✔✔Supinator Muscle - ✔✔turns the forearm & hand outward so palms face upward
✔✔Flexor Muscle - ✔✔bends a joint
✔✔Extensor Muscle - ✔✔aid in straightening of a joint
✔✔Abductor Muscles - ✔✔pulls the fingers or toes together
✔✔Opponens Muscle - ✔✔group of adductor muscles that pulls finger toward the
fingers
✔✔Microtrauma - ✔✔small unseen openings that allows entry of pathogens
✔✔Metal Pushers - ✔✔used to gently scrape the cuticle from the nail
✔✔Reflexology - ✔✔reflex points on the feet, hands, and head linked to every part of
the body
✔✔Femur - ✔✔long bone extending from the hip to the knee
✔✔Patella - ✔✔kneecap
✔✔Tibia - ✔✔known as Shin Bone, largest of 2 bones below the knee
✔✔Fibula - ✔✔bones between the knee and the ankle
✔✔Tarsal - ✔✔7 bones that form the ankle
✔✔Metatarsal - ✔✔5 long, slender bones between the ankles & toes
✔✔Gastrocnemius - ✔✔muscle located in calf that pulls the foot down
✔✔Tibialis Anterior - ✔✔muscle tat covers the shin & bends the foot
✔✔Soleus - ✔✔muscle thats attached to lower heel & bends foot down
✔✔Peroneus Longus - ✔✔longer of 2 muscles responsible for rotating foot down & out
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Onychorrhexis - ✔✔abnormal brittleness of nail plate
✔✔Ridge - ✔✔known as Furrow or Corrugation, is vertical or horizontal indentation on
nail plate
✔✔Onychosis - ✔✔term for any nail disease or deformity
✔✔Onychomycosis - ✔✔known as Tinea Unguium, is fungal infection of nail
✔✔Tinea Pedis - ✔✔known as Athletes Foot, fungal infection on bottom of foot
✔✔Onychia - ✔✔inflammation of the nail matrix
✔✔Onycholysis - ✔✔loosening or separation, w/o shedding of nail plate
✔✔Paronychia - ✔✔bacterial inflammation of the skin surrounding nail plate
✔✔Lungs - ✔✔respiratory organs, responsible for inhaling & exhaling
✔✔Quaternary Ammonium Compounds - ✔✔known as Quats, standard name for
disinfectants
✔✔Alcohol - ✔✔flammable, colorless liquid that evaporates quickly
✔✔Sodium Hypochlorite - ✔✔bleach
✔✔Phenol - ✔✔strong, high pH disinfectant
✔✔Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide (AHP) - ✔✔colorless liquid cleaning and disinfecting
solution
✔✔Humerus - ✔✔largest bone in upper arm
✔✔Ulna - ✔✔inner& larger bone on outside of forearm
✔✔Radius - ✔✔outer smaller bone on inside of the forearm
✔✔Carpals - ✔✔8 bones that form the wrist
✔✔Metacarpals - ✔✔5 long, thin bones between the wrist & fingers
, ✔✔Phalanges - ✔✔known as Digits, bones of fingers & toes
✔✔Pronator Muscles - ✔✔turns the forearm & hand inward so palms face down
✔✔Supinator Muscle - ✔✔turns the forearm & hand outward so palms face upward
✔✔Flexor Muscle - ✔✔bends a joint
✔✔Extensor Muscle - ✔✔aid in straightening of a joint
✔✔Abductor Muscles - ✔✔pulls the fingers or toes together
✔✔Opponens Muscle - ✔✔group of adductor muscles that pulls finger toward the
fingers
✔✔Microtrauma - ✔✔small unseen openings that allows entry of pathogens
✔✔Metal Pushers - ✔✔used to gently scrape the cuticle from the nail
✔✔Reflexology - ✔✔reflex points on the feet, hands, and head linked to every part of
the body
✔✔Femur - ✔✔long bone extending from the hip to the knee
✔✔Patella - ✔✔kneecap
✔✔Tibia - ✔✔known as Shin Bone, largest of 2 bones below the knee
✔✔Fibula - ✔✔bones between the knee and the ankle
✔✔Tarsal - ✔✔7 bones that form the ankle
✔✔Metatarsal - ✔✔5 long, slender bones between the ankles & toes
✔✔Gastrocnemius - ✔✔muscle located in calf that pulls the foot down
✔✔Tibialis Anterior - ✔✔muscle tat covers the shin & bends the foot
✔✔Soleus - ✔✔muscle thats attached to lower heel & bends foot down
✔✔Peroneus Longus - ✔✔longer of 2 muscles responsible for rotating foot down & out
