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Flashcards by Joselyne B, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Joselyne B
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| Question | Answer |
| Beau's Lines | (Furrows or Corrugations) Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate; usually a result of major illness or injury that has traumatized the body. |
| Eggshell nails | Noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge. |
| Hangnail | A condition in which the living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears. |
| Eponychium | Living skin at the base of the natural nail plate that covers the matrix area. |
| Koilonychia | Soft spoon nails with a concave shape that appear scooped out. |
| Leukonychia spots | (White spots) Whitish discoloration of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area; not related to the body's health or vitamin deficiencies. |
| Melanonychia | Darkening of the fingernails or toenails; may be seen as a black band within the nail plate, extending from the base to the free edge. |
| Nail Pterygium | Abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate; usually caused by serious injury, such as burns, or an adverse skin reaction to chemical nail enhancement products. |
| Onychauxis | Thickening of nails. |
| Onychia | Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail. |
| Onychocryptosis | (Ingrown Nails) Nail grows into the sides of the tissue around the nail. |
| Onycholysis | Lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding, usually beginning at the free edge and continuing toward the lunula area. |
| Onychomycosis | Fungal infection of the natural nail plate. |
| Onychophagy | (Bitten Nails) The result of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the hardened skin around the nail plate. |
| Onychorrhexis | Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate. |
| Paronychia | Bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail. Redness, pus, and swelling are usually seen in the skin fold adjacent to the nail plate. |
| Plicatured nail | (Folded nail) A type of highly curved nail usually caused by injury to the matrix, but may be inherited. |
| Ridges | Vertical lines running through the length of the natural nail plate that are caused by uneven growth of the nails, usually the result of normal aging. |
| Pincer nail | (Trumpet Nail) Increased Increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix. The edges of the nail plate may curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or sharp cone at the free edge. |
| Pseudomonas Aeruginosa | Common bacteria that can lead to a bacterial infection that appears as a green, yellow, or black discoloration on the nail bed. |
| Nail Psoriasis | A non-infectious condition that affects the surface of the natural nail plate causing tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate. |
| Pyogenic Granuloma | Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the plate. |
| Splinter Hemorrhage | Hemorrhage caused by trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow. |
| Tinea Pedis | (Athlete's Foot) Medical term for fungal infections of the feet; red, itchy rash of the skin on the bottom of the feet and/or in between the toes, usually found between the forth and fifth toe. |
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