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31 Cards in this Set
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What is a condition caused by injury or disease called?
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NAIL DISORDER
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When should you not provide a service?
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IF THE SKIN IS BROKEN, RED, OR INFLAMED (INFECTED)
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What is the condition where blood clots from under the nail plate, forming a dark purplish spot called?
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BRUISED NAIL
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What are lines running vertically down the length of the natural nail plate called?
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RIDGES
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What causes ridges?
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UNEVEN GROWTH MOST OFFTEN ASSOCIATED W/AGE
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What is it called when the nail plate is white, noticeably thin, and much more flexible than normal?
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EGGSHELL NAILS
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What are visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate called?
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BEAU'S LINE
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Beau's lines are most often cause by what?
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MAJOR ILLNESS OR INJURY THAT HAS TRAUMATIZED THE BODY
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What is it called when the living skin splits around the nail?
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HANGNAIL or AGNAIL
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What is a whitish discoloration of the nails, usually caused by injury to the nail matrix called?
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LEUKONYCHIA
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What is a darkening of the finger or toenails that may be seen as a black band w/in the nail plate caused by a localized area of increased pigmented cells?
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MELANONYCHIA
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What is a habit that prompts an individual to chew the nail or hardened damaged skin surrounding the nail plate called?
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ONYCHOPHAGY
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What is a condition of split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance?
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ONYCHORRNEXIS
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What disorder is caused by injury to the matrix, excessive use of cuticle removers, harsh cleaning agents, nail polish removers, or aggressive filing? (may be inherited)
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ONYCHORRNEXIS
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What is a "folded nail" that may be caused by injury to the matrix or inherited?
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PLICATURED NAIL
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What is an abnormal condition that occurs when skin is stretched by the nail plate called?
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NAIL PTERYGIUM
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Nail pterygium is abnormal and is caused by damage to what part of the nail?
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EPONYCHIUM OR HYPONYCHIUM
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What part of the nail causes deep or sharp curvature at the free edge of the nail plate?
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SHAPE OF THE MATRIX
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What are parasites which under some circumstances may cause infection of the feet or hands and are very contagious and easy to spread called?
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FUNGI
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What is a discoloration of the nail plate often found between the natural nail plate and artificial enhancements called?
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PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
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What are ingrown nails that effect finger and toenails called?
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ONYCHOCRYPTOSIS
(ahn-ih-koh-krip-TOH-sis) |
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What is the lifting of the nail plate from the bed w/out shedding?
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ONYCHOLYSIS
(ahn-ih-KAHL-ih-sis) |
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What disorder is caused by physical injury, trauma, allergic reaction, filed too aggressively or improper removal of artificial nails?
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ONYCHOLYSIS
(ahn-ih-KAHL-ih-sis) |
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What is the separation and falling off of a nail plate from the bed called?
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ONYCHOMADESIS
(ahn-ih-koh-muh-DEE-sis) |
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What are tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate called?
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NAIL PSORIASIS
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What are yellowish to reddish spots underneath the nail plate called salmon patches?
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NAIL PSORIASIS
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What is a bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail called?
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PARONYCHIA
(payr-uh-NIK-ee-uh) |
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What is a severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate called?
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PYOGEENIC GRANULOMA
(py-oh-JEN-ik gran-yoo-LOH-muh) |
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What is the medical term for fungal infections of the feet?
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TINEA PEDIS
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What disorder is characterized by red itchy rash in the spaces between toes, most often between the 4th and 5th toe?
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TINEA PEDIS
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What is a fungal infection of the nail plate characterized by whitish patches that can be scraped off the surface of the nail or long whitish or pale yellowish streaks?
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ONYCHOMYCOSIS
(ahn-ihkoh-my-KOH-sis) |
