Nail Structure
Overlapping dead tissue that is loose and pliable around the nail
What is a cuticle
Dark-purplish discoloration under nail, caused by trauma to nail bed
What is bruised Nails
Melanonychia
A brown or black darkening of the nail; often appears as a darkened stripe running the length of the nail plate.
Onychomycosis OR Tinea Unguium
What is Ringworm of the nail; contagious fungal infection of the finger or toenails.
Vertical Grooves OR Furrows
What is vertical depressions down the nail plate
Nail bed
What is Area where the nail body rests; has nerves & blood vessels to help supply nourishment.
Agnails
What is splits in PNF or lateral nail fold (sidewall)
Nails with a concave shape
What is Koilonychia
Atrophy of nail or wasting away of nail plate
What is Onychatrophia
An abnormal outgrowth of nail or thickening of nail plate
What is Onychauxis or Hypertrophy
Active tissue that generates cells that harden as they move outward to form the nail plate
What is a nail matrix
Very thin, soft nails that sometimes curve over the free edge.
What is Hapalonychia OR Egg shell nails
Nail Psoriasis
What is shallow or deep holes in the nail called pitting
Onychomadesis
What is Shedding or loss of the nail plate with separation beginning at the nail matrix
Pincer Nails OR trumpet nails
What is extreme C-curvature of the nail
Nail plate
What is a visible nail area from the nail root to the free edge made of layers, contains keratin, but no nerves or blood vessels.
Onycholysis
What is loosening or separation of nail plate from the nail bed.
Increased thickness or curvature of nails that may occur with age or injury to nail
What is Onychogryphosis
Inflammation of skin around the nail
What is Paronychia
Split or brittle nails
What is Onychorrhexis
Part of the nail attached to the matrix at the base of the nail, under the skin and inside the mantle
What is a nail root
Splitting or peeling of the nail plate typically at the free edge
What is Onychoschizia OR lamella dystrophy OR delamination
Onychocryptosis
Ingrown nails
Chloronychia
What is green nail syndrome or “Greenies”; discoloration of nails
Pterygium
What is living skin that becomes attached to nail plate at the PNF (dorsal – top) or hyponychium (inverse – bottom)