Nail Structure and Growth
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | True
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| show | False
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| The water content of a healthy nail is between 5 and 10 percent. | show 🗑
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| Nail plates need oxygen, vitamins, and minerals. | show 🗑
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| Toenails are thicker and harder than fingernails because the toenail matrix is longer than the fingernail matrix. | show 🗑
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| Ordinarily, replacement of a natural toenail takes about 4 to 6 months. | show 🗑
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| The natural nail is part of what system? | show 🗑
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| The water content of the natural nail directly affects the nail’s: | show 🗑
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| show | nail plate
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| The nail plate is constructed of how many layers of nail cells? | show 🗑
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| show | Free Edge
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| The portion of living skin that supports the nail plate is the: | show 🗑
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| show | bed epithelium
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| show | matrix
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| show | cuticle
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| The living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix area is the: | show 🗑
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| show | hyponychium
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| show | ligament
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| Normal, healthy nails grow in a variety of shapes, depending upon the shape of the: | show 🗑
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| The average rate of nail growth in the normal adult is about: | show 🗑
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| show | Nail plate
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| show | Natural nail
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| show | Lateral nail fold
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| Visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin | show 🗑
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| show | Nail grooves
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