Chapter 9 Vocabulary Test Worksheet

A deformity or disease of the nails
Inflammation of the nail matrix, due to physical injury or allergic reactions.
Ingrown nails in fingers or toes.
Separation and falling off of a nail from the nail bed.
Causes tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate.
Bacterial inflammation of the tissue around the nail plate, causing pus, swelling, and redness.
Severe inflammation of the nail, in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate.
A fungal infection of the nail plate.
Trumpet Nail; Increased nail curvature that causes pinching of the soft tissue at the free edge.
One of several common bacteria that can cause a nail infection.
Bitten nails.
A condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate.
Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges.
An abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate.
Darkening of the fingernails or toenails.
Injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allows small amounts of blood flow, caused by injury or physical trauma
Visible depressions running across the width of the nail plate.
A condition in which the living skin around the nail plate splits or tears.
Folded nail; high curved nail plate often caused by injury to the matrix.
A condition caused by injury or disease of the nail unit.
Grooves running vertically down the length of the natural nail.
Thin, white nail plates that are much more flexible than normal.
White spots; a whitish discoloration found inside the nail plate caused by injury to the matrix.