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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MANICURE EXAM
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Question 1: Pointed nail
Answer:
Nail shape suited to thin hands with long fingers and narow nail beds. The nail is tappered and longer than usual to emphasize and enhance the slender appearance of the hand.
Question 2: nail oils
Answer:
Products designed to absorb into the nail plate to increase flexibility and into the surrounding skin to soften.
Question 3: Microtrauma
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The act of causing tiny openings in the skin that can allow entry by pathogenic microbes.
Question 4: wooden pusher
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A wooden stick used to remove cuticle tissue from the nail plate (by gently pushing), to clean under the free edge of the nal, or apply products.
Question 5: Nipper
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A stainless-steel implement used to carefully trim away dead skin around the nail.
Question 6: essential oils
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Oils extracted using various forms of disstilation from the seeds, bark, roots, leaves, wood, and/or resin of plants.
Question 7: Protein hardeners
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A combination of a clear polish and protein, such as collagen.
Question 8: Reusable implements
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A.K.A multiuse implements; Implements that are generally stainless steel because they must be properly cleaned and disinfected between clients.
Question 9: Metal Pusher
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A reusable implement, made of stainless steel; it shold not be used to push back the eponychium but can be used to gently scrape cuticle tissue from the natural nail plate.
Question 10: Service sets
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Sets of all the tools that will be used in a service.
Question 11: Fine-Grit abrasives
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240 grit and higher abrasives designed for buffing, polishing, and removing very fine scratches.
Question 12: Nail Creams
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Barrier products that contain ingredients designed to seal the surface and hold subdermal moisture in the skin.
Question 13: Implements
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Tools used to perform nail services. Can be reusable or disposable.
Question 14: Disposable implements
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A.K.A single-use implements; implements that cannot be reused and must be thrown away after a single use.
Question 15: Lower-Grit Abrasives
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Boards and buffers less than 180 grit that quickly reuce the thickness of any surface.
Question 16: Polish, enamel, lacquer, or varnish.
Answer:
Colored coatings applied to the natural nail plate.
Question 17: Dimethyl urea hardeners
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A hardener that adds cros-links to the natural nail plate. Unlike hardeners containing formaldehyde, DMU does not cause adverse skin reactions.
Question 18: Paraffin
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A petroleum by-product that has excellent sealing properties (barrier qualities) to hold moisture in the skin.
Question 19: Scope of practice
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The list of services that you are legally allowed to perform in your specialty in your state.
Question 20: round nail
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A slightly tapered nail shape; it usually extends just a bit past the fingertip.
Question 21: Nail clippers
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A reusable implement used to shorten the nail plate quickly and efficiently.
Question 22: Oval Nail
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A conservative nail shape that is thought to be attractive on most women's hands. It is similar to a squoval nail with more rounded corners.
Question 23: Square nail
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A nail shape completely straight across the free edge with no rounding at the corner edges.
Question 24: Medium-Grit abrasives
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180 to 240 grit abrasives that are used to smooth and refine surfaces and shorten natural nails.
Question 25: Squoval nail
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A nail shape with a square free edge that is rounded off at the corner edges.