Nail Disorders and Diseases Quiz
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Significant nail darkening caused by increased pigment cells
A. Melanonychia
B. Eggshell nail
C. Bruised nail bed
Separation and falling off a nail plate from the nail bed caused by infection, matrix, injury systemic illness
A. Onychomadesis
B. Pyogenic granuloma
C. Onychia
D. Onychorrhexis
Irregular stretching of the eponychium or hyponychium
A. Nail pterygium
B. Nail bed
C. Nail plate
D. Onychia
Nail surface pitting roughness Onycholysis and bed discoloration
A. Nail
B. Nail psoriasis
C. Bruised nail bed
D. Eggshell nail
Matrix inflammation and nail shedding caused by infection or injury
A. Onychia
B. Onycholysis
C. Onychomadesis
D. Nail pytergium
Fungul infection of the feet also known as athletes foot
A. Bruised nail bed
B. Pincer nail
C. Tinea pedis
D. Eggshell nail
Known as trumpet nail a form of dramatically increased nail curative of the free edge
A. Pincer nail
B. Pilcatured nail
C. Piner nail
D. Paronychia
Thin white nail plate is more flexible than usual; usually caused by diet, hereditary internal disease
A. Paronychia
B. Eggshell nail
C. Onychomadesis
D. Onycholysis
Separation of the nail plate and bed often due to injury or allergic reactions
A. Onychia
B. Onychomadesis
C. Onycholysis
D. Onychrrhexis
Darkish purple spots Usually due to a small nail bed injury can usually be covered with nail polish or camouflage
A. Bruised nail bed
B. Onychia
C. Onycholysis
D. Paronychia
Rapidly growing and contagious bacteria that can cause infection; seen in the early stages as a yellow/green spot that becomes darker in advanced stage
A. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
B. Nail melanoma
C. Pyogenic granuloma
D. Times pedis
Nail plate fungul infection consisting of whitish patches that can be scraped off the nail surface
A. Onychomycosis
B. Onychorrhexis
C. Nail psoriasis
D. Onychomadesis
Bacterial inflammation of the tissues around the nail plate causing pus swelling redness
A. Melanonychia
B. Nail bed
C. Paronychia
D. Stuffed nail
A rare and serious type of skin cancer that begins in the nail matrix
A. Ridged nail
B. Pyogenic granuloma
C. Nail melanoma
D. Onychia
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