Nail Structure
This is the technical term for nails.
What is Onyx?
This is the translucent portion of the nail extending from the root to the free edge.
What is the Nail Plate?
This small portion of nonliving epidermis extends around the base of the nail.
What is the Cuticle?
This nail condition appears as whitish spots caused by injury.
What is Leukonychia?
This term means inflammation of the nail matrix.
What is Onychia?
This whitish, half-moon shape is found at the base of the nail.
What is the Lunula?
This part of the nail plate extends beyond the fingertip.
What is the free edge?
This skin is located between the free edge and fingertip of the natural nail.
What is the Hyponychium?
This condition causes dark purplish discoloration beneath the nail due to trauma.
What is a Bruised Nail?
This bacterial inflammation affects the skin surrounding the nail.
What is Paronychia?
This portion of skin supports the nail plate as it grows out.
What is the Nail Bed?
These are slits or grooves along the sides of the nail that allow growth.
What are Nail Grooves?
Also called the lateral nail fold, this skin overlaps the side of the nail.
What is the Nail Sidewall?
This condition produces a noticeably thin, white nail plate that is more flexible than normal.
What is an Eggshell Nail?
This fungal infection affects the nail.
What is Onychomycosis?
This part of the nail bed extends below the nail root and helps produce the nail plate.
What is the Matrix?
These folds of normal skin surround the natural nail plate.
What are Nail Folds?
This is additional or excessive skin that overlaps the sides of the nail plate.
What is the Perionychium?
Also known as furrows or corrugations, these are vertical or horizontal indentations in the nail plate.
What are Ridges?
This condition is the loosening or separation of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding.
What is Onychloysis?
This thin layer of skin cells lies between the nail bed and nail plate.
What is the Bed Epithelium?
This is the living skin at the base of the nail plate that partially overlaps the lunula.
What is the Eponychium?
Also known as a hangnail, this is a split cuticle around the nail.
What is an Agnail?
This noninfectious condition can cause the nail surface to appear pitted or rough.
What is Nail Psoriasis?
Also called Athlete's Foot, this fungal infection can occur on the bottoms of the feet and between the toes and and can spread to the toenails.
What is Tinea Pedis?