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Flashcards by Erika Steptoe, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Erika Steptoe
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Beau's Lines | Sometimes called furrows or corrugations; visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate. |
| Eggshell Nails | Noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge. |
| Eponychium- hangnail | A condition in which the living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears. |
| Koilonychia | Soft spoon nails with a concave shape that appear scooped out. |
| Leukonychia Spots | Also known as white spots; whitish discoloration of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area. |
| Melanonychia | Darkening of the finger nails or toenails. |
| Nail Pterygium | Abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate. |
| Nail Psoriasis | A noninfectious condition that affects the surface of the natural nail plate causing tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate. |
| Onychauxis | Thickening of nails |
| Onychia | Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail. |
| Onychocryptosis | Also known as ingrown nails; nail grows into the sides of the tissue around the nail. |
| Onycholysis | Lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding, usually beginning at the free edge and continuing toward the lunula area. |
| Onychomycosis | Fungal infection of the natural nail plate. |
| Onychophagy | Also known as bitten nails |
| Onychorrhexis | Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate. |
| Paronychia | Bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail. |
| Plicatured Nail | Also known as folded nail |
| Ridges | Vertical lines running through the length of the natural nail plate that are caused by uneven growth of the nails, usually the result of normal aging. |
| Pincer Nail | Also known as trumpet nail; increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix. |
| Plicatured Nail | Also known as folded nail; a type of highly curved nail usually caused by injury to the matrix, but may be inherited. |
| Pseudomonas Aeruginosa | Common bacteria that can lead to a bacterial infection that appears as a green, yellow, or black discoloration on the nail. |
| Psoriasis Nail | A noninfectious condition that affects the surface of the natural nail plate causing tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate. |
| Pyogenic Granuoma | Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate. |
| Splinter Hemorrhage | Hemorrhage caused by trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow. |
| Tinea Pedis | Also known as athlete's foot |
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