Nail Anatomy
The visible part of the nail that rests on the nail bed.
What is the nail plate?
The normal rate of nail growth per month.
What is 1/10 to an 1/8 inch?
Healthy nails are smooth, curved, and ____.
What is unspotted?
The technical term for the nail.
What is onyx?
The area where the nail plate cells are formed.
What is the matrix?
The skin beneath the nail plate.
What is the nail bed?
The nail grows from this part of the nail unit.
What is the matrix?
The natural barrier that seals the space between the nail plate and free edge.
What is the hyponychium?
Which grows faster: fingernails or toenails?
What are fingernails?
The living skin under the free edge of the nail plate.
What is the hyponychium?
The portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows.
What is the matrix?
This determines the thickness, shape, and rate of nail growth.
What are genetics?
Overly rigid or split nails may indicate ____.
What is poor health or dehydration?
Which finger's nail typically grows the fastest?
What is the middle finger?
The protective barrier between the skin and the nail plate.
What is the cuticle?
The fold of skin that overlaps the nail.
What is the eponychium?
The average time it takes to replace a natural fingernail.
What is 4–6 months?
A sign of healthy nail color.
What is pinkish?
The nail grows fastest in which season?
What is summer?
The part of the nail that extends over the fingertip.
What is the free edge?
The band of tough fibrous tissue that connects the nail to the fingertip.
What is the ligament?
The condition where nails grow slowly or may stop growing.
What is injury to the matrix?
Nails that are brittle or break easily may lack ____.
What is moisture or nutrition?
If you lose a nail, how long might regrowth take?
What is 4–6 months for fingers, 9–12 months for toes?
The nail unit includes the nail plate, bed, matrix, and ____.
What are cuticle, eponychium, hyponychium, and ligaments?