Cosmo bacteria Flashcards

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Mantle

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The layer of hr epidermis at the base of the nail

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2
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Nail matrix

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The area where your nail starts to grow

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3
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Nail root

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Lies be,ow the skin, underneath the hr nail

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4
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Nail bed

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The skin beneath the nail plate

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5
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Nail plate

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The hard part of the nail, made of keratin

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6
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Lanula

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The white area at the base of the fingernail

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7
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Eponychium

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The thickest layer of skin at the base of the fingernails

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8
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Cuticle

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A layer of skin located at the edge of the nail

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9
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Nail grooves

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Slight vertical ridges on the nail

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10
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Side walls

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The skin on either side of the nail plate

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11
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Perionychium

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The tissue surrounding the nail, bordering the root and sides

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12
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Free edge

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The part of the laminate that protrudes from the nail bed

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13
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Hyponychium

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The thickened area of the epithelium underlying the free edge of the nail plate

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14
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Onychosis

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A nail disease

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15
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Etiology

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The.cause or set of causes of a disease or condition

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16
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Six signs of infection

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Fever, chills or sweats, cough,

17
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Onychomycosis

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Nail fungus

18
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Tinea Manus

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Fungus of the hands

19
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Tinea pedis

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Fungus of the foot

20
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Paronychia

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Infection of the tissue folds around the nails

21
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Onychoptosis

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Periodic shedding of part of the nail or the whole nail

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Onychia

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Inflammation of the nail folds (surrounding tissue of the nail plate)

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Onychatrophia

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Atrophy or wasting away of the nail plate

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Onycholysis

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When your nail separates from the skin underneath it

25
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Blue nails

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Caused by a low level or lack of oxygen circulating the blood

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Eggshell nails

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Nails that tend to bend or break more easily

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Corrugations

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Vertical lines or ridges on the nail

28
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Koilonychia

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Curved concave nails

29
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Furrows

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Grooves across the fingernails

30
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Onychogryposis

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Slow nail plate growth

31
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Melanonychia

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Dark pigmentation of the nail

32
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Onychauxis

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A disorder that causes the nails to grow abnormally thick

33
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Agnails or hangnails

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Tiny torn piece of skin next to the nail

34
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Bruised nails or splinter hemhorrages

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Clots that damage the small capillaries under the nail

35
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Leukonychia

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White discoloration appearing on the nail

36
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Pterygium

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An overgrowth of the proximal nail fold onto the nail bed

37
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Beau’s Lines

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Horizontal depressions in the nail plate

38
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Onychophagy

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Nail biting

39
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Onychorrhexis

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Brittleness and breaking of the nails