_____ often leads to ingrown nails.

Ridges running vertically down the natural nail plate are caused by _____.

Which of the following is an infectious nail condition?

Which type of nail has a noticeably thin, white nail plate, and is more flexible than a normal nail?

Excessive use of _____ can cause onychorrhexis.

_____ are always be positioned lengthwise in the direction of growth.

The disorder in which the edges of the nail plate curl around to form a sharp cone at the free edge is called _____.

Melanocytes are _____.

Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shredding of the natural nail plate is known as _____.

Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate is called _____.

Tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate is an indication of _____.

A highly curved nail plate often called “folded nail,” caused by injury to the matrix or inherited, is a(n) _____.

What is a nail condition in which blood clots form under the nail plate due to a small injury of the nail plate?

An ingrown nail is called a(n) is called _____.

A dark band within the nail plate extending from the base to the free edge due to increased pigmentation is known as _____.

Which treatment should be suggested to an individual with a simple hangnail?

Leukonychia spots result from _____.

Discolorations of the nail plate from infections of the fingernails or toenails are usually the result of a _____.

Which parasite, under some conditions, can cause infections to the feet and hands?

_____ may be caused by an allergic reaction of the nail bed.

When the eponychium or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate becomes split or torn, a _____ occurs.

In the early stages, a typical bacterial infection on the nail plate can be identified as a _____.

A naturally occurring skin bacterium that can grow out of control and cause nail infections, incorrectly referred to as mold, is _____.

Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate that are the result of a major illness or injury are known as _____.

A friend shows you paperwork from a doctor stating that he has tinea pedis. What is his condition?

Onychomadesis is the separation and falling off of a nail plate and can typically be traced to _____.

The lifting of the nail plate from the bed without shedding is a sign of _____.