vocab 1
what muscles Spread fingers and toes
Abductor muscles
Disinfectant based on stabilized hydrogen peroxide and needs to be changed every 14 days
Accelerated hydrogen peroxide
Also known as hangnail
Agnail
Eight bones that form the wrist
Carpals
nerves located in fingers and toes
Digital Nerve
Noticeably thin white nail plate that’s more flexible
Eggshell nail
Thin layer of skin between the nail bed and nail plate
Bed Epithelium
Straightening of a joint
Extensor Muscles
bone forming the outer part of the lower leg from knee to ankle
Fibula
Muscles in calf that pulls the foot down
Gastrocnemius
Tacky film like layer that forms on top of nail enhancements
Inhibition layer
Whitish half moon shape at base of nail
Lunula
part of the nail bed help to produce the nail plate
Matrix
Five long thin bones between the wrist and fingers
Metacarpals
Five long slender bones located between the ankles and toes
Metatarsals
Inflammation of the nail matrix
Onychia
noninfectious condition the affects the surface of the natural nail
Nail psoriasis
Also known as lateral nail fold
Nail sidewall
Ingrown nails
Onychocryptosis
Short polymer chains that consist of just a few monmers
Oligomers
Darkening of nail caused my excess melanin
Melanonychia
Muscles that controls the little toe
Flexor digiti minimi
Also known as white spots on nail
Leukonychia
Visible depressions running the width of the natural nail plate
Beau‘s lines
Small portion of non living epidermis around base of nail
Cuticle