PIVOT POINT NAILS EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS

PIVOT POINT NAILS EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Tinea pedis (athlete's foot) - Answer-ringworm of the feet

paronychia (felon) - Answer-inflammation of the skin of the nail

Onychoptosis - Answer-Shedding or falling off of nails

onychia - Answer-Inflammation of the nail matrix

Onchatrophia - Answer-atrophy of the nail or wasting away of the nail

Onycholysis - Answer-loosening or separation of the nail

blue nails - Answer-Appear bluish in color

Eggshell nails - Answer-Very thin, soft nails

corrugations - Answer-Horizontal wavy ridges across the nail

Kolionychia (spoon nails) - Answer-Nails with a concave shape

furrows - Answer-Indented vertical lines down the nail plate

Onychogryposis (Claw Nails) - Answer-Increased curvature of nails

onychocryptosis - Answer-ingrown nail

melanonychia - Answer-Black or brown darkening of nail

Onychauxis - Answer-thickening of the nail or an abnormal outgrowth of the nail

agnails (hangnails) - Answer-Split cuticles; loose skin partially separated from the
cuticle

adhesive - Answer-creates a bond between two incompatible surfaces

acetone - Answer-artificial nail product remover contains;
most widely used solvent in the nail industry

acrylic liquid - Answer-Another name for acrylic monomer