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25 Cards in this Set
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Beau's lines |
Depressions running the width of the nail, usually result off illness out injuries |
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Blue fingernails |
Usually caused by lack of circulating oxygen in blood cells |
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Bruised nail beds |
Blood clot forms under nail bed |
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Discolored nails |
Indicates surface staining, systematic diorder, or poor circulation |
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Eggshell nails |
Thin, white, flexible nails |
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Hangnail |
Living tissue around the nail plate that splits or tears |
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Koilonychia |
Soft concave nails that appear scooped out |
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Leukonychia spots |
Whitish discoloration usual for matrix injury |
Leuk- light |
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Melanonychia |
Darkening of nail |
Melanin |
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Nail disorder |
Condition caused by injury or disease |
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Nail psoriasis |
Tiny pits and severe roughness of the natural nail |
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Nail pterygium |
condition when skin is stretched by the nail plate usually caused by injury |
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Onychia |
Inflammation of matrix followed by shedding of the nail |
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Onychauxis |
Thickening of nails |
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Another word for onychocryptosis |
Ingrown nails |
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Onychogryposis |
Increased thickness and curvature in nails |
Aka rams horn or claw nails |
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Onycholysis |
Lifting of nail plate from nail bed without shedding |
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Onychomadesis |
Separation and falling off of a manipulate from nail bed |
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Onychomychosis |
Fungal infection of the natural nail plate |
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Another term for onychophagy |
Bitten nails |
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Onychorrhexis |
Brittle nails with lengthwise ridges |
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Onychosis |
Any deformity or disease of the nails |
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Paronychia |
Bacterial inflammation of tissues surrounding the nail |
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Ridges |
vertical lines running through the nail from uneven growth |
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Another word for tinea pedis |
Athletes foot |
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