Cosmo bacteria

Question 1

Mantle

Answer 1

The layer of hr epidermis at the base of the nail

Question 2

Nail matrix

Answer 2

The area where your nail starts to grow

Question 3

Nail root

Answer 3

Lies be,ow the skin, underneath the hr nail

Question 4

Nail bed

Answer 4

The skin beneath the nail plate

Question 5

Nail plate

Answer 5

The hard part of the nail, made of keratin

Question 6

Lanula

Answer 6

The white area at the base of the fingernail

Question 7

Eponychium

Answer 7

The thickest layer of skin at the base of the fingernails

Question 8

Cuticle

Answer 8

A layer of skin located at the edge of the nail

Question 9

Nail grooves

Answer 9

Slight vertical ridges on the nail

Question 10

Side walls

Answer 10

The skin on either side of the nail plate

Question 11

Perionychium

Answer 11

The tissue surrounding the nail, bordering the root and sides

Question 12

Free edge

Answer 12

The part of the laminate that protrudes from the nail bed

Question 13

Hyponychium

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Onychosis

Answer 14

A nail disease

Question 15

Etiology

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Six signs of infection

Answer 16

Fever, chills or sweats, cough,

Question 17

Onychomycosis

Answer 17

Nail fungus

Question 18

Tinea Manus

Answer 18

Fungus of the hands

Question 19

Tinea pedis

Answer 19

Fungus of the foot

Question 20

Paronychia

Answer 20

Infection of the tissue folds around the nails

Question 21

Onychoptosis

Answer 21

Periodic shedding of part of the nail or the whole nail

Question 22

Onychia

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Onychatrophia

Answer 23

Atrophy or wasting away of the nail plate

Question 24

Onycholysis

Answer 24

When your nail separates from the skin underneath it

Question 25

Blue nails

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Eggshell nails

Answer 26

Nails that tend to bend or break more easily

Question 27

Corrugations

Answer 27

Vertical lines or ridges on the nail

Question 28

Koilonychia

Answer 28

Curved concave nails

Question 29

Furrows

Answer 29

Grooves across the fingernails

Question 30

Onychogryposis

Answer 30

Slow nail plate growth

Question 31

Melanonychia

Answer 31

Dark pigmentation of the nail

Question 32

Onychauxis

Answer 32

A disorder that causes the nails to grow abnormally thick

Question 33

Agnails or hangnails

Answer 33

Tiny torn piece of skin next to the nail

Question 34

Bruised nails or splinter hemhorrages

Answer 34

Clots that damage the small capillaries under the nail

Question 35

Leukonychia

Answer 35

White discoloration appearing on the nail

Question 36

Pterygium

Answer 36

An overgrowth of the proximal nail fold onto the nail bed

Question 37

Beau’s Lines

Answer 37

Horizontal depressions in the nail plate

Question 38

Onychophagy

Answer 38

Nail biting

Question 39

Onychorrhexis

Answer 39

Brittleness and breaking of the nails