Nail Diseases
Any deformity or disease of the natural nail:
What is Onychosis?
Bitten nails
What is onychophagy?
The technical term for the nail
Onyx
An add on service that has excellent sealing properties to hold moisture in the skin
What is paraffin?
Also known as the kneecap.
What is a patella?
A bacterial infection of the on the bottoms of the feet and/or between the toes
What is tinea pedis?
Refers to split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges:
What is Onychorrhexis?
The area where the nail plate cells are formed
What is a Matrix?
This tool is used to clean under the free edge and must be disposed of after use
What is an orange wood stick?
Foot muscle that moves the little toe to flex and move.
What is a Abductor digiti minimi?
Ingrown nails
What is onychocryptosis?
A condition where a blood clot forms under the nail plate forming a dark purplish spot:
What is bruised nails?
Whitish halfmoon shape underneath the base of the nail
What is a Lunula?
Types of tools that can be properly cleaned and disinfected between clients
What is multiuse?
Part of the palm located between the carpus and phalanges.
What is a metacarpus?
A bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail, bartenders and dish washers are more susceptible
What is Paronychia?
Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate
What is Beau’s Lines?
The living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix area
What is a the Eponychium?
The five basic nail shapes
What is round, oval, square, squoval, pointed?
Muscles that draw a body part away from the mid line of the body and separate the fingers in the hand.
What is abductors?
Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate
What is Pyogenic granuloma?
An abnormal condition that occurs when skin is stretched by the nail plate
What is Nail Pterygium?
A thin layer of tissue attaching the nail plate to the nail bed.
What is a Bed Epithelium?
Movement to stimulate the skin and create blood flow
What is massage?
Also known as the ankle bone, and is located between the heel bone, tibia and fibula.
What is the talus bone?