Identify Nail Anatomy
What is the technical term for the natural nail?
What is the name of the area where the nail plate cells are formed?
Matrix
If the nail is abnormal in its form or shape it is called _________________.
nail malformation
The half moon shape at the base of the nail that is kind of whitish in color is the _____________.
lunula
The water content of the nail is between _____________.
15 and 25 percent
Folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate are called ______________.
nail folds
Nails grow faster in the ____________ than they do in the winter.
Summer
The dead tissue that adheres tightly to the natural nail plate is the ____________.
cuticle
The water content of the nail directly affects the nail's _______________.
Flexibility
The nail plate is constructed of how many layers of nail cells?
100
Which nail grows the fastest?
A furrow on each side of the nail.
Nail groove
What is the name for the hardened keratin plate that sits on top of and covers the nail bed?
Nail Plate
The thickened layer of skin under nail between the fingertip and free edge is called the _____________.
Hyponychium
Which nail grows the slowest?
The thumb
The _____________ is composed of several major parts of the fingernail including the nail plate, nail bed, matrix, cuticle, eponychium, hyponychium, specialized ligaments, and nail fold.
Nail unit
The __________is the portion of living skin that helps support the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge.
nail bed
This is a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place.
Ligament
The average rate of growth for an adults fingernails is _______________.
1/10 inch per month
Part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe.
Free edge