Utah Cosmetology Written Test
melanonychia - Answer-Darkening of the fingernails or toenails
matrix - Answer-where the finger nail begins to grow
stratum corneum - Answer-outermost layer of epidermis or nail
Hyponchium - Answer-under the nail bed
splinter hemorrhage - Answer-Hemorrhage caused by trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the
capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow.
distal phalanx - Answer-finger tip bone
nail pterygium - Answer-Abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate;
usually caused by serious injury, such as burns, or an adverse skin reaction to chemical nail
enhancement products.
barrier function - Answer-keeps the skin moist
onychocryptosis - Answer-ingrown nail
paronychia - Answer-bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail
, pyogenic granuloma - Answer-severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up the
nail bed
onychia - Answer-Inflammation of the nail matrix
tinea pedis - Answer-athletes food
discolored nail - Answer-nail that has turned a variety of colors many indicate poor blood circulation
pedicuiosis - Answer-lice
onychophagy - Answer-Also known as bitten nails; result of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the
hardened skin surrounding the nail plate.
nail psoriasis - Answer-Nail surface pitting, roughness, onycholysis, and bed discolorations
Onychorrhexis - Answer-Split or brittle nails
onychomycosis - Answer-fungal infection of the nail
plicatured nail - Answer-folded nail
Onycholysis - Answer-separation of the nail plate from the nail bed
onychomadesis - Answer-The separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed; affects
fingernails and toenails.
melanonychia - Answer-Darkening of the fingernails or toenails
matrix - Answer-where the finger nail begins to grow
stratum corneum - Answer-outermost layer of epidermis or nail
Hyponchium - Answer-under the nail bed
splinter hemorrhage - Answer-Hemorrhage caused by trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the
capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow.
distal phalanx - Answer-finger tip bone
nail pterygium - Answer-Abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate;
usually caused by serious injury, such as burns, or an adverse skin reaction to chemical nail
enhancement products.
barrier function - Answer-keeps the skin moist
onychocryptosis - Answer-ingrown nail
paronychia - Answer-bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail
, pyogenic granuloma - Answer-severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up the
nail bed
onychia - Answer-Inflammation of the nail matrix
tinea pedis - Answer-athletes food
discolored nail - Answer-nail that has turned a variety of colors many indicate poor blood circulation
pedicuiosis - Answer-lice
onychophagy - Answer-Also known as bitten nails; result of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the
hardened skin surrounding the nail plate.
nail psoriasis - Answer-Nail surface pitting, roughness, onycholysis, and bed discolorations
Onychorrhexis - Answer-Split or brittle nails
onychomycosis - Answer-fungal infection of the nail
plicatured nail - Answer-folded nail
Onycholysis - Answer-separation of the nail plate from the nail bed
onychomadesis - Answer-The separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed; affects
fingernails and toenails.
