Nail disorders

6. a piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail
7. split or bittle nails have a series of lengthwise ridges around surface
9. soft nails that look scooped out
10. darkening of the fingernail or toenails
13. indentions that run across the nail
14. discoloration of the nail
15. excessive transverse nail curvature progressively pinching the nail bed distally
16. blood clot forms under the nail plate forming dark purplish spots

1. white spots, a whitish discoloration of the nails
2. also known as cyanosis
3. thin white nail plate that are much more flexible then normal nails
4. tiny blood clots that tend to run vertically under nail
5. folded nail a highly curved nail plate caused by injury to matrix
7. an overgrowth or thickening of the nail
8. running vertically down the length to the naturalnailplate caused by uneven growth
11. abnormal condition that occur when skin is stretched by nail plate
12. the living skin splits around the nail cuticle