Nail Diseases, Disorders & Condition

A healthy nail is smooth, curved, translucent, pinkish in color and:

• Is without hollows or wavy ridges

• Is slightly rough

• Is filed deep into the corners

• Has wavy hollows and ridges

A loosening or separation of the nail is referred to as:

• Onychocryptosis

• Paronychia

• Corrugations

• Onycholysis

A protein substance found in nails and hair is:

• hyponychium

• Keratin

• Lunula

• Cuticle

A thickening of the nail plate or an abnormal outgrowth of the nail is called:

• Onychauxis

• Pterygium

• Tinea manus

• Onychia

Another name for split or brittle nails is:

• Leukonychia

• onychophagy

• Onychorrhexis

• Agnails

Another term for bitten nails is:

• Onychogryposis

• Onychophagy

• Onychoptosis

• Onychorrhexis

Another term for tinea pedis is:

• Tinea unguium

• Hangnail

• Contact dermatitis

• Athelete’s foot

Any disease, disorder or condition of the nail is called:

• Etiology

• Onychology

• Onychomycosis

• Onychosis

Attached at the base of the nail, under the skin and inside the mantle is the:

• Perionychium

• Nail root

• Free edge

• Hyponychium

If a nail is lost through disease or infection, what may happen often to the regrown nail?

• grows back faster

• Grows back slower

• Grows back healthy

• Grows back distorted