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Describe the surface of a healthy nail
smooth, and unspotted
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A client whose nail or skin is infected, inflamed, broken, or sollen should not receive services and should be referred to a _______.
physician
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visible depressions running across the width of the natural plate; they usually result from major illness or injury
beau's lines
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a condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate; they are usually caused by small injuries to the nail bed
bruised nail beds
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noticeably thin, white nail plates are more flexible than normal
eggshell nails
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a condition in which the living skin around the nail plate splits and tears
hangnail
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Which treatment should be reccommended to someone with a hangnail?
hot oil manicures
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Signs of _____ are redness, pain, swelling, or pus
infection
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White spots, whitish discolorations of the nails
Leukonychia spots
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Leukonychia spots are usually caused by what?
minor injury to the nail matrix
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darkening of the finernails or toenails; seen as a black band within th enail plate extending from the base to the free edge
Melanoychia
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Melanocytes are also known as ____ _____
pigment cells
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Another term for bitten nails
Onychophagy
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refers to split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate
Onychorrhexis
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Onychorrhexis is usually cause excessive use of ____ ______
cuticle removers
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Folded Nail; a type of highly curved nail plate usually caused by injury to the matrix, but it may be inherited
Plicatured nail
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What condition often leads to ingrown nails?
Plicatured nail
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Ridges are vertical lines runnning down the length of the natural nail plate that are caused by what?
uneven growth and aging
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What is caused by physical trauma or injury to the nails bed that damages the capillaries and allows small amounts of blood flow.
splinter hemorrhage
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___ _____ will always be positioned lengthwise in the direction of growth.
Splinter hemorrhage
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Pincer nail is also known as ___ ___. The edges of the nail plate may curl around to form the shape of a sharp cone at the free edge
trumpet nail
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Mariah has deformity of the natural nail. What is this called?
Onychosis
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an inflammation the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail plate
Onychia
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fungal infection of the natural nail plate
Onychomycosis
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Which of the following is an infectious fungal disorder?
Onychomycosis
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