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- 5. _____ nails, AKA trumpet nails, is a form of dramatically increased nail curvature of the free edge.
- 6. _______ gloves are recommended for nail services because they are less likely to cause allergic reaction.
- 7. The technical term for bitten nails (Pretty Hungry Aye?)
- 8. Nail ________ is a rare and serious type of skin cancer that begins in the nail matrix.
- 11. Whitish discolored spots on the nails which do not indicate disease and disappear as the nail grows.
- 12. A nail _________ is irregular stretching by the eponychium or hyponychium around the nail plate.
- 13. Separation of the nail plate and bed, often due to injury or allergic reaction.
- 15. ________ nail appears with lengthwise grooves in the plate, often mistaken for ridges, usually the result of aging.
- 16. Separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed. (I'm so MAD my nail fell off!)
- 18. Medical term for fungal infections of the feet, aka:athletes foot.
- 20. What part of the natural nail unit protects the fingers and toes?
- 21. A splinter ________ is damage to the capillaries under the nail, giving the appearance of a small splinter underneath the nail plate.
- 25. What is the technical term for the natural nail unit?
- 26. _________ is composed mainly of keratin.
- 27. A healthy nail plate is ___________, firm, shiny, and pink.
- 28. A healthy nail may look dry and hard but has 15-25% _______ content.
- 29. __________ lines are depressions running across the nail plate's width due to a slowing production of matrix cells, usually a result of illness or serious injury.
- 30. Nail ________ has nail surface pitting, roughness, onycholysis, and/or bed discolorations; the nail plate may appear to have been aggressively filed with a coarse abrasive.
- 32. Signs of an _______ finger are visible redness, pain, swelling, broken skin, or pus.
- 33. Do not mistake the cuticle for this living skin that should not be cut.
- 35. Also known as the sterile matrix, the portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge.
- 36. Rapidly growing and contagious bacteria that can cause infection; appears as a yellow-green spot in early stages.
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- 1. An ingrown nail is also known as:
- 2. Bacterial inflammation of the tissues around the nail plate causing pus, swelling, and redness.
- 3. Nail plate fungal infection. (Oh MY! I have a nail fungus!"
- 4. Irregular split or brittle nails appearing as nail plate surface roughness.
- 9. A _______ nail bed can look like dark, purplish spots, usually due to a small nail bed injury.
- 10. Significant nail darkening caused by increased pigment cells (melanocytes), visible as a black band extending from the base to the free edge.
- 14. _________ nail appears as a noticeably thin white nail plate that is more flexible than usual.
- 17. What is the part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe.
- 19. The ___________ is the skin overlapping the nail's side.
- 22. Pyogenic _________ is severe nail inflammation in which a lump of red tissue grows up from a nail bed to the nail plate.
- 23. This slightly thickened skin layer between the fingertip and the nail plate's free edge must be treated gently because damaging it could make infections under the nail plate possible.
- 24. ________ nail, aka:folded nail, is a highly curved nail plate.
- 30. Abbreviation for the entire skin flap covering the matrix, extending from the visible nail's edge to the 1st joint of the finger or toes.
- 31. Matrix inflammation and nail shedding caused by infection or injury.
- 34. Damaged skin around the nail plate which becomes ripped or torn.