Nail Disorders Flashcards
What nail grows the quickest
Middle finger
What nail disorder can be serviced by a nail care professional
Eggshell nails
The nail disorder characterized by swelling of the nail is
Onychophyma
What is the tissue surrounding the nail including the skin that borders and overlaps the nail
Perionychium
Nail folds do what
Form the nail grooves
Paronychia is most commonly caused by
A yeast infection of the soft tissues around the nail
Another name for a shedding of the nail plate is
Onychomadesis
What system of the body are nails included in
The integumentary system
And inflammation of the matrix of the nail with formation of pus in shedding of the nail is called
Onychia
A contagious vegetable parasite causes:
Nail fungus
When a cosmetologist notices a lump of red tissue growing from the nail bed to the nail plate it is an overgrowth of vascular tissue known as
Pyogenic granuloma
What is the painless loosening or separation of the nail from the nailbed
Onycholysis
