1. The natural nail is part of what system? - ANSWER Integumentary
2. The natural nail is composed mainly of a hard, fiber-shaped _______. - ANSWER Protein
3. What is true of the nail plate? - ANSWER It is more por
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1. The natural nail is part of what system? - ANSWER Integumentary
2. The natural nail is composed mainly of a hard, fiber-shaped _______. - ANSWER Protein
3. What is true of the nail plate? - ANSWER It is more porous than normal skin of equal thickness.
4. As is grows, the ______ slides across the nail bed. - ANSWER Nail plate
5. The nail plate is formed by _______. - ANSWER Matrix cells
6. What may appear to be one solid piece, but is actually constructed of about 100 layers of nail cells? - ANSWER Nail plate
5. The part of the nail place that extends over the tip of the finger or toe is called the _______. - ANSWER Free edge
8. The portion of living skin that supports the nail plate is the nail ______. - ANSWER Bed
9. Which part of the nail unit is richly supplied with blood vessels and with nerves? - ANSWER Nail bed
10. The nail bed contains many nerves and is attached to the nail plate with a thin layer of tissue called the _____. - ANSWER Bed epithelium
11. Karen is very nervous at her first job interview . Her hands are sweating so much that she thinks her fingernails are sweating. In reality, from which part of the nail is the sweat most likely arising? - ANSWER Nail folds
12. Nail polish is applied to the ______. - ANSWER Nail plate
13. The are of the nail where the nail plate cells sew formed is the ______. - ANSWER Matrix
14. The lighter color of the ________ shows the true color of the matrix. - ANSWER Lunula
15. The dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate is the ________. - ANSWER Cuticle
16. The living skin at the base of the nail plate is the _______. - ANSWER Eponychium
17. The slightly thickened layer of skin that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the natural plate is the ______. - ANSWER Hyponychium
18. When clipping his own nails, Jose accidentally (and painfully) clips the skin under the nail between the fingertip and the free edge. What has he clipped? - ANSWER Eponychium
19. The tough band of fibers tissue that connects bones is the ______. - ANSWER Ligament
20. The nail bed and m matrix bed are attached to the underlying bone by ______. - ANSWER Ligaments
21.The skin that overlaps the side of the nail is called the _____. - ANSWER Sidewall
22. Normal, healthy nails grow in a variety of shapes, depending upon the shape of the _______. - ANSWER Matrix
23. A longer nail matrix produces and ______ nail plate. - ANSWER Thicker
24. Nail growth rates increase dramatically during ______. - ANSWER The last trimester of pregnancy
25. As a person ages, parts of the nail matrix begin to permanently slow down production, causing _______. - ANSWER The plate to develop a series of narrow grooves running down the length of the plate.
Milady Chapter 9 Actual Exam
The natural nail is part of what system? - ANSWER Integumentary
The natural nail is composed mainly of a hard, fiber-shaped _______. - ANSWER Protein
What is true of the nail plate? - ANSWER It is more porous than normal skin of equal thickness.
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