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Nail Care
Nail Care State Board Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An ________ is a catalyst to help quicken the _____ of nail wrap resins. | Drying Time |
| ___________ hydrogen peroxide is a disinfectant that only needs o be changed every 14 days | Accelerated |
| Acrylonitrile butadiene _______ is a high-quality virgin plastic used to make artificial nail tips. | Styrene |
| The adductor muscles pull fingers and/or toes: | Together |
| A licensed professional refers to the split cuticle around the nail as: | Agnail/Hangnail |
| The muscles that spread fingers and/or toes: | Abductors |
| Visible depressions running the width of the natural nail plate are a nail condition called _____ lines. | Beau's |
| Alcohol is extremely: | Flammable |
| _________ is also known as polymerization | Curing |
| The bed epithelium is the thin layer of skin cells between the nail bed and the nail: | Plate |
| A bruised nail has a dark purplish discoloration under the nail and can: | be serviced with gentle pressure |
| ________ soaps help break down and remove the residue from foot soaks, scrubs, and masks: | Chelating |
| The small portion of non-living skin extending around the base of the nail: | Cuticle |
| The technical term for the 8 bones that form the wrist: | Carpals |
| ______ are also know as phalanges: | Digits |
| A disorder of the nail characterized by a thin, white nail plate that is more flexible than normal: | Eggshell |
| Cyanoacrylates are specialized acrylic monomers that quickly polymerize with the addition of alcohol or water to from a/an: | Adhesive |
| The technical term for the thigh bone: | Femur |
| The living skin that overlaps the lunula: | Eponychium |
| Extensor muscles cause joins to ______ and body parts to stretch: | Straighten |
| The nerves located in the fingers and toes are called: | Digital Nerves |
| Fabric wraps are made of linen, silk or: | Fiberglass |
| Flexor muscles cause joints to ____ and fingers and wrists to curl: | Bend |
| The _______ is the part of the nail plate that extends beyond the fingertip: | Free Edge |
| The flexor digiti minimi muscle control the: | Little Toe |
| The bone that form s the outer part of the lower leg from the knee to the ankle: | Fibula |
| The gastrocnemius muscle pulls the foot: | Down |
| The ____ is the largest bone in the upper arm, extending from the shoulder to the elbow: | Humerus |
| Hardening is also known as: | Curing |
| The hyponychium is located _________ the free edge | Under |
| The substances that start the chain reaction creating long polymer chains: | Initiators |
| A lateral nail fold is also known as nail: | Sidewalls |
| The sign(s) and/or symptom(s) of leukonychia | White Spots |
| The inhibition layer is a _____, film-like layer that forms on the top of the nail enhancement: | Tacky |
| Lungs are the spongy, respiratory organs that are responsible for exhaling and: | Inhaling |
| The half-moon shape at the base of the nail is known as the: | Lunula |
| The mantle is a pocket-like fold of the skin that hold the nail root and the: | Matrix |
| The smallest of the three arm and hand nerves: | Median |
| To care for the hands and fingernails by cutting, shaping, polishing, and softening | Manicure |
| The part of the nail bed that extends below the nail root and helps to produce the nail plate is the: | Matrix |
| Melanonychia is a _________of he nails caused by excess melanin: | Darkening |
| Metatarsals contain _______ slender bones located between the ankles and the feet: | 5 |
| A metal pusher is used to gently _________ the cuticle form the nail plate: | Scarpe |
| There are _______ metacarpals between the wrist and fingers that form the palm of the hand: | 5 |
| Methyl Methacrylate is a type of ___________ that is a colorless, volatile and flammable liquid compound: | Monomer |
| The liquid that mixes with acrylic power to form a nail enhancement: | Monomer |
| Causing small unseen openings in the skin that allow for the entry of pathogens: | microtrauma |
| The nail plate rests upon this portion of the skin: | Nail Bed |
| Nail fold surrounded the natural nail: | Plate |
| Nail dehydrator removes _____ or oils from the nail plate | Moisture |
| Nail _______ are the slits on the sides of the nail that allow forward growth: | Grooves |
| Nail psoriasis is a non-infectious condition that appears _____ and rough: | Pitted |
| The translucent portion of the nail that extends form the nail root to the free edge: | Nail Plate |
| Onyx is the technical term for: | Nail |
| Nail pterygium is the forward growth of living skin that adheres to the: | Nail Plate |
| The nail ______ is the portion of the nail plate hidden under a fold of skin (mantle) at the base of the nail plate: | Root |
| Onychauxis is the noticeable _______ of the fingernails or toenails: |