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Milady Ch 8
Nail Structure and Growth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the technical term for the nail? | Onyx |
| What protein is in the nail plate? | Keratin |
| What in a nails appearance show signs of good health? | The nail is firm, flexible, shiny, slightly pink, with a smooth spotless surface and no hallows or wavy ridges. |
| What are the the basic parts of the nail unit? | Nail bed, matrix, nail plate, cuticle, eponychium, hyponychium, specialized ligaments, and nail folds |
| What is the difference between the nail bed and the nail plate? | The nail plate is the outer non living hard surface of the nail, the nail bed is the soft living tissue under the nail bed. |
| What part of the nail unit contains the nerve lymph and blood vessels? | Nail bed |
| Why are nail technicians not allowed to cut the skin around the base of the nail plate? | It is a practice outside the scope of the nail technician. |
| What is the matrix? | The "mother" of the nail it is where the nail plate cells are formed. |
| What is the lunula? | The visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin, It is a white half moon shape at the base of the nail. |
| What affects growth of the nails? | Poor health, injury to the matrix, nail disorder or disease |
| What is a cuticle? | dead colorless tissue attached to the nail plate |
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