nail fungus

Question 1

mantle

Answer 1

The fold of skin in front of the cuticle. It protects the Matrix

Question 2

nail matrix

Answer 2

The are where your nails and toe nails start to grow. It creates new skin cells which pushes out the old dead skin cells making your nails grow

Question 3

nail root

Answer 3

Where the lunula lies

Question 4

nail bed

Answer 4

The skin that lies beneath the nail plate. It has living tissue with capillaries and glands.

Question 5

nail plate

Answer 5

Consists of several layers of dead compacted cells and keratin protein. The “hard” part of the nail.

Question 6

Lunula

Answer 6

The small white crescent part of the nail

Question 7

eponychium

Answer 7

Thick layer of skin at the base of the nail. Consists of live skin cells

Question 8

cuticle

Answer 8

“clear” like skin along the bottom edge of finger or toe. Consists of dead skin cells. Protects nail from bacteria.

Question 9

nail grooves

Answer 9

“The indentation between the edges of the nail plate and the skin.”

Question 10

side walls

Answer 10

the skin on both sides of nail plate. It acts as a barrier against bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

Question 11

perionychium

Answer 11

The tissue around the nail, root, andsides of nail

Question 12

free edge

Answer 12

The art of the nail that protrudes from the nail bed. It is dead and painless and protects the fingertip and the hyponychium.

Question 13

hyponychium

Answer 13

the thickened portion, underlying the free edge of the nail plate on the nail.

Question 14

onychosis

Answer 14

disease or deformity in the nail. Can be caused by trauma or dirty manicure tools.

Question 15

6 signs of infection

Answer 15

pain, swelling, redness, local fever, and pus

Question 16

Onychomycosis

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a fungal infection of the nails that causes discoloration, thickening, and separation from the nail bed

Question 17

Tinea Manus

Answer 17

a fungul infection in the hands, “ring worm” , scaly rash that usually has a border that is slightly raised

Question 18

Tinea Pedis

Answer 18

a fungal infection that lies between the toes. common for people with very sweaty feet while confined within tightfitting shoes. also known as “athletes foot” and causes itching, stinging, and burning

Question 19

Paronychia

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an inflammation of the skin around the nail caused by bacteria, hangnail, cuticle damage, or continually wet hands

Question 20

Onychoptosis

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is a condition where part or all of the nail sheds occasionally and falls off the finger; it can affect one or more nails and is caused by fever, trauma, or drug reaction

Question 21

Onychia

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an inflammation of the nail folds (surrounding tissue of the nail plate) of the nail with formation of pus and shedding of the nail. Onychia results from microscopic pathogens through small wounds.

Question 22

Onychatrophia

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the wasting away of the nail plate which causes it to lose its luster, become smaller and sometimes shed entirely.

Question 23

Onycholysis

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when your nail separates from the skin underneath it. can last for up to several months

Question 24

Blue Nails

Answer 24

.. is caused by a lack of oxygen circulating in your red blood cells. This condition is known as cyanosis.

Question 25

Eggshell Nails

Answer 25

causes nails to be soft and thin. brittle like an egg shell.

Question 26

Corrugations

Answer 26

a ridge or groove of a surface that has been corrugated.

Question 27

Kolionychia

Answer 27

abnormally thin nails which have lost their convexity, becoming flat or even concave in shape.

Question 28

Furrows

Answer 28

Transverse lines or grooves across the fingernails

Question 29

Onychogryposis

Answer 29

" nail disorder resulting from slow nail plate growth. It is an opaque, yellow-brown thickening of the nail plate with elongation and increased curvature "

Question 30

Onychocryptosis

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ingrown toenail

Question 31

Melanonychia

Answer 31

when you have either black or brown in your fingernails or toesnails

Question 32

Onychauxis

Answer 32

a nail disorder that causes fingernails/ toenails to grow really thick. Over time, the nails may become curled and turn white or yellow.

Question 33

Agnails or Hangnails

Answer 33

hangnail is a loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail. Agnail is a corn or sore on the toe/finger.

Question 34

Bruised Nails or Splinter Hemorrhages

Answer 34

thin, red to reddish-brown lines of blood under the nails. They run in the direction of nail growth and look like splinters under the nail

Question 35

Leukonychia

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white discoloration appearing on nails caused by injury or trauma at the the nail base

Question 36

Pterygium

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disorder characterized by an overgrowth of the nail fold onto the nail bed. Forms when there is scar tissue in the nail matrix

Question 37

Beau’s Lines

Answer 37

deep grooved lines that run from side to side on the fingernail or the toenail.

Question 38

Onychophagy

Answer 38

"nail biting", a compulsive habit of biting at the fingernails

Question 39

Onychorrhexis

Answer 39

is a brittleness with breakage of finger or toenails that result from hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.