Nail Structure , Disorder and Diseases

Sterilize nail tools.

• True

• False

- is visible nail that rests on the nail bed up to the free edge. This is made up from dead cells and minimum amount of moisture. The nail is semi-transparent – allowing the color of blood supply of the dermis to show.

• Nail walls

• Matrix

• Nail Plate

• Free edge

Bitten nails

• onychophagy
• hangnail
• pyogenic granuloma
• onychocryptosis

Redness, pain, and swelling are signs of a(n);

• Condition
• disorder 
• infection 
• abrasion

the part of the nail that can be filed and shaped. It is an extension of the nail plate that overlaps the hyponychium

• Free edge

• Matrix

• Cuticle

• Lunula

the folds of skin that overlap the sides of the nail. They hold your nail in place and protect the nail plate edges.

• Nail walls

• Nail Plate

• Nail bed

• Matrix

Identify the Nail Disease/Disorder

• Blue Nail

• Brittle Nail

• Hang Nail

• Pterygium

Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate that are the resut of a mahot illness of injury are

• eggshell nails 
• narrow lines 
• beaus lines 
• hangnails 

Disorder in which the edges of the nail plate curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or sharp cone at the free edge

• trumpet nail
• splinter hemorrhages
• hangnail
• pyogenic granuloma

Ridges running vertically down the natural nail plate are caused by:

• overgrowth and polish 
• medication and cold 
• uneven growth and age
• bitten nails