nails

Question 1

mantle

Answer 1

is the skin covering the matrix and base of the nail plate

Question 2

nail matrix

Answer 2

is the area where your fingernails and toe nails start to grow

Question 3

nail root

Answer 3

edge appears as white crescent root portion is below skin

Question 4

nail bed

Answer 4

soft tissue underneath your nail plate. Nail beds are diffrent shapes and sizes.

Question 5

nail plate

Answer 5

is the hard part of the nail. made of translucent keratin

protein.

Question 6

Lunula

Answer 6

the white area at the base of a finger nail and toe nail.

Question 7

Eponychium

Answer 7

Is the thickened layer of skin at the base of the fingernail and toenail.

Question 8

Cuticle

Answer 8

is a layer of clear skin located along the bottom edge of your finger or toe.

Question 9

nail grooves

Answer 9

the indentation between the edges of the nail plate and the skin

Question 10

side walls

Answer 10

Is the skin on either side of the nail plate, acts as a barrier against bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

Question 11

Perionychium

Answer 11

the tissue surrounding the nail, whether it be a fingernail or a toenail, including the tissue bordering the root and sides of the nail.

Question 12

free edge

Answer 12

the nail plate leaves the end of the finger and forms a projection that is called the free edge. the free edge protects the finger tip and the hyponychium

Question 13

hyponychium

Answer 13

is the skin just under the free edge of your nail. its located just beyond the distal end of your nail bed near your fingertip.

Question 14

onychosis

Answer 14

when your nail separates from the skin underneath it. this condition lasts several months because a fingernail or toe nail won’t reattach to its nail bed.

Question 15

etiology

Answer 15

is the name for the study of the causes of disease.

Question 16

6 signs of infection

Answer 16

pain swelling redness local fever throbbing pus

Question 17

onychomycosis

Answer 17

is a fungal infection of the nail. symptoms may including
white or yellow nail discoloration, thickening of the nail and separating of the nail from the nail bed. toenails and finger nails may be affected.

Question 18

tineas manus

Answer 18

is a fungal infection of the hands Tinea is also called ringworm, and manuum referring to it being on the hand.
tinea causes a red, scaly rash that usually has a boarder that is slightly raised.

Question 19

tinea pedis

Answer 19

is a fungal infection of the feet. tinea is called ringworm and pedis is feet. tinea causes a red scaly rash that usually has a boarder that is slightly raised.

Question 20

paronycha

Answer 20

is an infection of the skin around your fingernails and toenails. Bacteria or a type of yeast called candida typically cause this infection.

Question 21

onycholysis

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is the periodic shedding and falling of one or more nails in whole or part. it can be seen after fever, trauma, adverse reaction to meds.

Question 22

onychia

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inflammation of the nail folds surrounding tissue of the nail plate of the nail with formation of pus and shedding of the nail. it results from the introduction of microscopic pathogens through small wounds.

Question 23

onychatrophia

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is an atrophy or wasting away of the nail plate which causes it to lose its luster, become smaller and sometimes shed entirely. injury or disease may account for this irregularity.

Question 24

onychoptosis

Answer 24

the loosening and falling of the fingernails.

Question 25

blue nails

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low level or lack of oxygen circulating in your red blood cells. condition called cyanosis.

Question 26

egg shell nails

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condition is called hapalonychia causes your nails to be soft and thin. nails affected by this condition tend to bend or break more easily. often split or flake at the end.

Question 27

corrugations

Answer 27

long ridges that run either lengthwise or across the nail.

Question 28

kolionychia

Answer 28

spoon nails are thin and soft and shaped like a little spoon that is often capable of holding a drop of water. most frequent cause is iron deficiency anemia.

Question 29

furrows

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transverse lines or grooves across the fingernails.

Question 30

onychogryposis

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nail disease that causes one side of the nail to grow faster than the other.

Question 31

onychocryptosis

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ingrown toe nail frequent problem resulting from either growth of nail fold inwards into the nail bed or abnormal embedding of the nail plate into the nail groove, causing significant discomfort.

Question 32

melanonychchia

Answer 32

is a condition od either the fingernails or toenails. this is when you have brown or black lines on your nails.

Question 33

onycauxis

Answer 33

causes by chronic trauma. long term stress on the nail bed.

Question 34

agnails or hangnails

Answer 34

often seen at the end of a digit near the nail. there are many blood vessels and nerve endings in this part of the nail. hangnails also cause inflammation and swelling that may press on the nerve endings.

Question 35

bruised nails or splinter hemorrhages

Answer 35

occur when blood leaks or swells from small blood vessels that run up and down the nail bed. tiny blood cloths known as micro emboli in the capillaries can also cause splinter hemorrhages. one of the most common causes of splinter hemorrhages is trauma to the nails.

Question 36

leukonychia

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is a condition where white lines or dots appear on your finger or toenails caused by gel or acrylic or injury to nail bed.

Question 37

pterygium

Answer 37

exposure to excessive amounts of ultra violet light.

Question 38

beaus lines

Answer 38

are indentations that run across the nails.

Question 39

onychophagy

Answer 39

nail biting

Question 40

onychorrhexis

Answer 40

vertical ridges to the form on the fingernails.