pedi/ mani quiz 4

paronychia

contagious
A bacterial infection of the skin surrounding the nail
plate caused by a breach

onychia

contagious
A bacterial infection in, on or under the nail plate caused by
an untreated

onychorrhexis

non- contagious
medical term for a split nail plate

brittle nails

Brittle nails are dry and tend to split and separate, vertically,
horizontally or in layers.

split nails

A vertical split that can be from dryness or from permanent
trauma to the matrix, that creates a weak spot in the nail that is
susceptible to breaking there first

lamellar splitting

When the layers of the nail plate separate due to dryness.

transverse splitting

A nail plate that is split from the side at the free edge due to trauma.

bruised nails

a clot of blood trapped between the nail bed and nail plate

beuas lines

Horizontal lines caused by certain illnesses or bad circulation. A
person can cause them too by picking at cuticle/matrix area, small lines and dents form on the nail

FURROWS, RIDGES AND
CORRUGATIONS

Vertical lines in the nail plate most commonly caused by age.

hang nails

Very dry skin at lateral nail folds that can separate, crack and
bleed.

SPLINTER HEMORRHAGE

Tiny streaks of blood between nail plate and nail bed caused
by trauma.

LEUKONYCHIA

Small white spots on the natural nail plate caused by minor
trauma.

ONYCHOPHAGY

Medical term for bitten nails or nail biting.

PTERYGIUM

Overgrowth of cuticles caused by genetics.

ONYCHOCLASIS

Medical term for a broken nail due to trauma.

ONYCHOLYSIS

Separation of the nail plate from the nail bed due to trauma
causing permanent

ONYCHOMYCOSIS

contagious
TRAUMA A fungal infection that causes the nail plate to separate from the nail bed after a breach in

ONYCHOCRYPTOSIS

Medical term for an ingrown toenail.

TINEA PEDIS

(ATHLETE’S FOOT)
contagious
A fungal infection of the skin of the foot caused by a breach in
the skin.