Nail care disorders

Split or brittle nails with a series of lengthwise ridges and a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate is;

• onychophagy
• onychophosis
• onychorrhexis 
• plicatured nails 

The eponychium or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate becomes split or torn

• onychocryptosis
• onychophagy
• trumpet nail
• hangnail

Nails with a noticeably thin, white nail plate that are more flexible than normal nails are;

• ingrown nails 
• bitten nanils 
• leukonychia nails 
• egghell nails 

What nail disorder is caused by injury to the finger or exposure to harsh chemicals that leads to the dryness and brittleness of the nails?

• Hang nails

• Onychorrhexis

• Pterygium

• Spoon nails

What is the other term for Onychophagy? A nail disorder caused by nervousness and stress.

• Bitten nails

• Corrugations

• Split or Brittle nails

• Spoon nails

The shedding of one or more nails is a disease known as________________.

• Onychia

• Onychomycosis

• Onychoptosis

• Paronychia

Which of the following nail disorders is caused by dry cuticle?

• Hangnails

• Onychatrophia

• Onychophagy

• Pterygium

These are long ridges that run either lengthwise or across the nail.

• Bruised nails

• Eggshell nails

• Furrows

• Hangnails

It is a vertical splitting or separation of the nail plate layers at the distal edge of the nail plate.

• Hangnails

• Brittle nails

• Eggshell nails

• Pterygium

What is this nail disorder?

• Pterygium

• Onychatrophia

• Onychauxis

• Onychophagy