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What are the parts of the nail?
Free Edge 2. Hyponychium 3. Nail Grooves 4. Nail Plate 5. Nail Walls 6. Nail Bed 7. Lunula 8. Matrix 9. Cuticle Mantle
What condition is characterized by blood clots below the nail plate?
Bruised Nail Beds, which gives a dark purplish appearance.
What are eggshell nails?
A condition where the nails are weaker and thinner than usual, allowing them to curve easily over the free edge.
What do Beau's lines refer to?
Horizontal grooves running across the nail plate.
What are hangnails?
Pieces of dry, torn skin at the root of the nail.
What is leukonychia?
Also known as 'white spots,' these are whitish discolorations inside the nail plate.
What does melanonychia result in?
A condition that gives the nail plate a black appearance, affecting part or all of the nail.
What is onychophagy?
Also known as 'bitten nails.'
What is onychorrhexis?
A condition presenting a rough texture on the nail plate due to lengthwise ridges.
What is a plicatured nail?
A highly curved nail plate, also known as 'folded nail,' often leading to ingrown nails.
What is nail pterygium?
A condition where skin is stretched by the nail plate, often due to serious injuries.
What is splinter hemorrhage?
A condition caused by trauma to the nail bed leading to damaged capillaries and blood flow.
What is onychia?
Sloughing of the nail plate and inflammation of the matrix.
What is onychocryptosis?
Also known as ingrown nails.
What is onycholysis?
The separation of the nail plate from the nail bed due to trauma or negative reactions to chemicals.
What is onychomycosis?
A fungal infection of the nail plate.
What does paronychia result in?
Swelling and redness around the nail plate due to bacterial inflammation.
What is pyogenic granuloma?
A mass of red tissue growing over the nail plate from the nail bed, indicating severe inflammation.
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