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What is a bruised nail? |
Condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, causing a dark purplish spot. |
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What is a nail bed? |
Portion of the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows towards the free edge |
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What is a matrix? |
Area where the nail plate cells are formed; this area is composed of cells that produce the nail plate. |
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What is nail psoriasis? |
Tiny pits or server roughness on the surface of the nail plate |
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What is the medical term for athletes foot? |
Tinea Pedis - itchy rash on the skin on the bottom of feet and/ or between toes. |
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Define : Free Edge |
Part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe. |
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What is the average nail growth in adults? |
1/10" to 1/8" (2.5mm - 3mm) per month |
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How long does nail replacement take? |
4 to 6 months |
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How should a healthy nail plate look? |
Firm but flexible, surface is shiny, smooth, and unspotted without pits, splits or wavy ridges. |
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Define : Fungal Organism |
Any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow |
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What is the name of the nail infection that is referred to as mold? |
Pseudomonas Aruquinosa |
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Define : Eggshell Nails |
Noticeably thin white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge |
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Define : Beau's Lines |
Aka: furrows or corrugations Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate. Usually a result of major illness or injury that has traumatized the body. |
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Pyogenic Granuloma |
Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail plate. |
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Define : Nail plate |
Hardened keratin plate that sits on and covers the natural nail bed. It is the most visible and functional part of the nail unit. |
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Define : cuticle |
Dead colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate. |
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What is Onychia |
Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail. |