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Question 1

Papule

Answer 1

A small raised solid pimple or swelling. Usually forming a rash and inflamed but not producing pus.

Question 2

Acne

Answer 2

A skin condition that occurs when hair follicles become plugged with oil and dead skin

Question 3

Keratin

Answer 3

A Fibrous protein forming the main structural element of hair.

Question 4

Beau’s Lines

Answer 4

Depressions running across the width of the nail plate; a result of serious injury.
(Heart failure)

Question 5

Stratus Spinosum

Answer 5

8-10 cell layers also known as the prickle cell layer. Contains irregular polyhedral cells with cytoplasmic processes.

Question 6

Hang Nail

Answer 6

Damaged skin attached to the living skin around the nail plate becomes split or torn.

Question 7

Open comedo

Answer 7

A pale or white topped pustule on the skin.

Question 8

Stratum Cornuem

Answer 8

The horny layer of the skin.

Question 9

Statum Granulosum

Answer 9

A think layer of cells in the Epidermis lying above the stratum spinosum and below the stratum corneum

Question 10

Melanin

Answer 10

A dark brown to black pigment occurring in the hair, skin and iris of the eye.

Question 11

Collagen

Answer 11

The main structural protein found in skin; widely used in cosmetic treatments.

Question 12

Plicatured Nail

Answer 12

Sharp bend in one corner of the nail plate, Creating increased curvature.

Question 13

Epidermis

Answer 13

The surface epithelium of the skin, overlying the dermis.

Question 14

Dermatology

Answer 14

The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders.

Question 15

Pincer Nail

Answer 15

A form of dramatically increased Nail Curvature

Question 16

OnyChomyCosis

Answer 16

Fungal infection of the natural nail bed.

Question 17

Endocrine system

Answer 17

The glands and organs that makes hormones and releases them into the blood to travel to tissues and organs

Question 18

Closed Comedo

Answer 18

White heads, the follicle completely blocked.

Question 19

Sebum

Answer 19

Lubricates the skin to protect against friction and makes it more imperious to moisturize

Question 20

Sebaceous Glands

Answer 20

A small gland in the skin which secretes a lubricating oily matter into the hair follicles to lubricate skin and hair

Question 21

Reticular layer

Answer 21

The thick layer of the dermis

Question 22

Frontal bone

Answer 22

The bone which forms the front part of the skull and upper part of the eye sockets.

Question 23

Leykonychia

Answer 23

Whitish discoloration of the nails. Usually caused by minor injury to the nail matrix. Not related to body health.

Question 24

Hypopigmentation

Answer 24

A condition in with the skin is lighter in color than normal.

Question 25

Exocrine system

Answer 25

A gland that makes sweat, tears, saliva, milk and digestive juices and releases them through a duct or opening to a body surface.

Question 26

Dermis

Answer 26

Inner layer of the skin

Question 27

Papillary layer

Answer 27

The thin layer of the skin.

Question 28

Eumelanin

Answer 28

A type of melanin that is dark brown to black in color.

Question 29

Pyogenic granuloma

Answer 29

Severe inflammation of the nail, in which a lump of the red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate.

Question 30

Bruised nail bed

Answer 30

Dark purplish spots usually due to physical injury.