Chapter 10

Question 1

Plicatured Nail

Answer 1

Also known as folded nail is a type of highly curbed nail player usually caused by injury to the matrix

Question 2

Nail Pterygium

Answer 2

Abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate

Question 3

Ridges

Answer 3

Vertical lines running down the length of the natural nail plate

Question 4

Splinter Hemorrhages

Answer 4

Caused by physical trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allows all amounts of blood flow

Question 5

Pincer Nail

Answer 5

Also known as trumpet nail . Increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate .

Question 6

Beaus lines

Answer 6

Depression running across the width of the natural nail plate

Question 7

Bruised nails

Answer 7

Dark purplish spots usually due to physical injury

Question 8

Dis colored nails

Answer 8

Nails turn a variety of colors , may indicate surface staining , a systemic disorder or poor blood circulation

Question 9

Eggshell nails

Answer 9

Noticeably thin , white plate more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge

Question 10

Hangnail

Answer 10

Living skin around the nail plate becomes split or torn

Question 11

Leukonychia spots

Answer 11

White spots . Whitish discoloration of the nail

Question 12

Melanonychia

Answer 12

Darkening of the fingernails or toenails

Question 13

Nail psoriasis

Answer 13

Pitting , roughness , onycholysis and bed discoloration

Question 14

Onychophagy

Answer 14

Bitten nail

Question 15

Onychorrhexis

Answer 15

Split or brittle nail

Question 16

Nail Disorder

Answer 16

Condition caused by injury or disease of the nail unit