ITEC MANICURE & PEDICURE MCQS

Free Edge? - Answer-Extends beyond the end of the skin of the fingertip Hyponychium? - Answer-Forms a seal between the free edge of the nail and the skin of the fingertip Perionychium? - Answer-Skin the overlaps the two sides of the nail Eponychium? - Answer-Fold of skin at the bottom of the nail plate and protects the matrix Nail plate? - Answer-Protective shield of translucent keratin Cuticle? - Answer-Layer of skin growing from the base of the nail over the nail plate Nail bed? - Answer-Portion of the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge. Nail groove? - Answer-Grooves at the sides of the nail plate, they keep the nail plate in position on the nail bed Matrix? - Answer-Where the cells of the nail plate and nail bed are produced. Lays mostly beneath the nail and nail bed. Produces new cells pushing the old ones forward along the finger. Mantle? - Answer-Deep fold of skin at the base of the nail in front of the cuticle protecting the matrix area - Also called the proximal nail fold. Lanula? - Answer-The half-moon-shaped, whitish area at the base of a nail. What is the rate the finger nail grows? - Answer-3mm per week, replaced 2 - 3 times per year What is the rate the toe nail grows? - Answer-1mm per week, replaced every year to 18 months Factors affecting nail growth? - Answer-Health Age Diet Medication Climate Dam