Nail Structure
Nail Growth
Nail Diseases
Nail Disorders
Nail Conditions
100
The tracks on either side of the nail that the nail moves on as it grows.
What are nail grooves?
100
The average growth rate of nails in adults.
What is 1/8" per month?
100
Ringworm of the feet.
What is tinea pedis?
100
Thin, soft nails.
What are eggshell nails?
100
Split cuticles; loose skin partially separated from the cuticle.
What are Agnails or hangnails?
200
The folds of skin on either side of the nail groove.
What is nail wall?
200
The growth of a new nail plate takes this long.
What is 3-4 months?
200
Inflammation of skin around the nail.
What is Paronychia or felon?
200
Horizontal wavy ridges across the nail.
What are Corrugations?
200
Indentations that run across the nail.
What are Beau's lines?
300
The cuticle that overlaps the lunula at the base of the nail.
What is eponychium?
300
These three things indicate a decreasing rate of nail growth.
What is aging, winter and poor nutrition?
300
Atrophy of the nail or wasting away of nail.
What is Onychatrophia?
300
Indented vertical lines down the nail plate.
What are furrows?
300
Refers to bitten nails.
What is Onychophagy?
400
The skin underneath the free edge.
What is hyponychium?
400
Injuries to the nail can result in ...
What is shape distortions or nail discoloration?
400
Refers to a loosening or separation of the nail.
What is Onycholysis?
400
Represent an increases curvature of the nails.
What is Onychogryposis or "claw nails"?
400
Split or brittle nails.
What is Onychorrhexis?
500
The skin that touches, overlaps and surrounds the nail.
What is perionychium?
500
Nail growth originates form active tissue known as the matrix, located in the ...
What is the mantle?
500
Refers to shedding or falling off of nails.
What is Onychoptosis?
500
Thickening of the nail plate or an abnormal outgrowth of the nail.
What is Onychauxis or hypertrophy?
500
Refers to the living skin that becomes attached to the nail plate either at the eponychium or the huponychium.
What is Pteryhium?
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