Nail Anatomy
This is the technical term for the nails.
What is Onyx?
Also known as a hangnail, this is a split cuticle around the nail.
What is an agnail?
These eight bones form the wrist.
What are the carpals?
These seven bones form the ankle.
What are the tarsals?
This liquid mixes with acrylic powder and binds the acrylic polymers to form a nail enhancement.
What is monomer?
Commonly known as bleach, this chemical is used as a disinfectant.
What is sodium hypochlorite?
This translucent portion of the nail extends from the nail root to the free edge.
What is the Nail Plate?
These whitish nail discolorations caused by injury are commonly called white spots.
What is leukonychia?
These five long, thin bones between the wrist and fingers form the palm.
What are the metacarpals?
This is the technical term for the kneecap.
What is the patella?
This chemical reaction, also called curing or hardening, creates polymers.
What is polymerization?
Also called Quats, these are a standard type of disinfectant.
What are quaternary ammonium compounds?
This skin is located between the free edge and fingertip of the natural nail.
What is the hyponychium?
This condition means bitten nails.
What is onychophagy?
This muscle turns the forearm and hand so the palm faces upward.
What is the supinator muscle?
Also known as the shin bone, this is the largest of the two bones below the knee.
What is the tibia?
These very thin, tightly woven materials may be made from linen, silk, or fiberglass.
What are fabric wraps?
This highly flammable, colorless liquid evaporates quickly.
What is alcohol?
This whitish, half-moon shape is found at the base of the nail.
What is the lunula?
This is a fungal infection of the nail.
What is onychomycosis?
This nerve runs along the thumb side of the arm and the back of the hand.
What is the radial nerve?
This calf muscle pulls the foot down and is attached to the lower portion of the heel.
What is the gastrocnemius?
This liquid solution containing methacrylic acid is applied sparingly to the natural nail plate to assist adhesion.
What is primer?
These small, unseen openings in the skin can allow pathogens to enter.
What is microtrauma?
This part of the nail bed extends below the nail root and helps produce the nail plate.
What is the matrix?
This condition is the loosening or separation of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding.
What is onycholysis?
This group of muscles in the palm pulls the thumb toward the fingers.
What are the opponens muscles?
This muscle covers the shin and bends the foot.
What is the tibialis anterior?
These chemicals begin the polymerization process in gel nails.
What are photoinitiators?
This disinfectant is based on stabilized hydrogen peroxide, is non-toxic to skin and the environment, and only needs to be changed every 14 days.
What is Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide (AHP)?