113.1 Nail Theory Part 2

Describe Pterygium

• Red Semi Circles or Grooves that Appear on Nail Plate?

• Nail Fungus?

• Proximal Nail Fold to the Nail?

• Yellow Discolored Nails?

Shedding or Falling off Nails

• Onychogryposis

• Onychoptosis

• Onychatophia

• Onycholysis

What is Ochatrophia

• Nail Shrinks in Size

• Nail becomes Thick and Discolored

• Red, Swollen, Sore, Warm to Touch

• Inflammation of the Matrix

What disease contains tiny blisters, reddish in color, can be mistraken with eczema or contact dermatitis?

• Onychomycosis

• Onychia

• Paronychia

• Tinea

What is Onychauxis?

• A brown or black darkening nail

• thickening nail plate or abnormal outgrowth of nail

• lossening of separation of nail

• atrophy of nail or wasting away of nail

What is Beau's Lines?

• Cannot perfom nail service

• Horizontal corrugations

• Hereditary or nervous condition

• Both A & C

To stop biting nails, the best tactic is to ______________________.

• Even them out

• perform nail polish service weekly

• apply artificial nails

• all of the above

What causes an Eggshell Nail?

• Injury to nail or systemic

• hereditary or nervous condition

• severe injury to eponychium or hyponychium

• nervous habit stress related

Split or Brittle Nails due to injury, improper filing, and chemical contact

• Corrugations

• Leukonychia

• Onychorrhexis

• Eggshell Nails

The pocket like structure that holds the root and matrix.

• Lunula

• Nail Plate

• Mantle

• Nail Grooves