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| An appendage of the skin. |
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| The white spots on a nail. |
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| Living skin that becomes attached to the nail plate. |
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Wavy ridges across the nail.
Cause: Injury. systemic, uneven growth. |
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Kolionnychia
(Spoon Nails) |
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Nails with a concave shape.
Cause: Systemic, long-term illness, or nerve disturbance. |
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| Indented vertical lines down the nail plate. |
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Onychogryposis
(Claw Nails) |
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Increased curvature of the nails.
Cause: Systemic - Age or Injury |
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Ingrown nails.
Cause: Environmental or poor nail trimming practices.
Can become infected. |
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Thickening of the nail plate or abnormal outgrowth of the nail.
Cause: Injury to nail or systemic. |
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Onychomycosis
(Tinea Unguium) |
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Split cuticle; loose skin partially separated from the cuticle.
Cause: Overly dry cuticle that splits. Environment related. |
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Bruised nails
(Splinter Hemorrhage) |
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Dark purplish discoloration under the nail.
Cause: Trauma to nail - will grow out. |
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Loosening or separation of the nail.
Cause: Internal disorder, infection, or drug treatment. Systemic or disease related. |
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Infammination of skin around the nail.
Cause: Bacterial infection of a hangnail. |
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Shedding/falling off nails.
Cause: Disease and injury related. |
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Inflammination of the nail matrix.
Cause: Bacterial. |
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Athlete's foot
ringworm of the feet |
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Atrophy of the nail or wasting away of the nail.
Cause: Injury/systemic disease. |
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| The cause of the disease, disorder, or condition of the nail. |
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| Any disease, disorder, or condition of the nail. |
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| Skin underneath the free edge. |
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| Average nail growth per month in adults. |
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| pocket-like structure that holds the root and the matrix of a nail. |
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| Attached to the matrix at the base of the nail, under the skin and inside the mantle. |
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| Area of the nail on which the nail body rests. Nerves and blood vessels that are found here supply nourishment. Ligaments attach the ____ ___ to the bone. |
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| Loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail. |
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| Active tissue that generates cells, which harden as they move outward from the root to the nail. |
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| Tracks on either side of the nail that the nail moves on as it grows. |
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| The skin that touches, overlaps, and surrounds the nail. |
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| The cuticle that overlaps the lunula at the base of the nail. |
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| Folds of skin on either side of the nail groove. |
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| Half-moon shape at the base of th nsil, which appears white due to a reflection of light at the point where the nail matix and nail bed meet. |
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| The part of the nail that extends beyond the end of the finger and protects the tips of the finger and toes. |
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The visible nail area from the nail root to the free edge.
Made of layers.
No nerves of blood vessels can be found here. |
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