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Flashcards by Jessica Suhr, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jessica Suhr
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Abductor Muscles | Spread the fingers or toes |
| Adductor Muscles | Pull the fingers or toes together |
| Agnail | Hangnail; Split cuticle around the nail |
| Bed Epithelium | Thin layer of skin cells between the bed and the nail plate |
| Bruised Nail | Dark purpleish discoloration under the nail caused by trauma |
| Carpals | Eight bones that form the wrist |
| Digital Nerve | Nerves located in the fingers and toes |
| Eggshell Nail | Noticeably thin, white nail plate that is more flexible than normal |
| Eponychium | Living skin at the base of the nail plate that partially overlaps the lunula |
| Extensor Muscles | Aid in the strengthening of the joints |
| Femur | Long bone extending from the hip to the knee, also known as Thigh Bone |
| Fibula | Bone forming on the outerpart of the lower leg, extending from the knee to the ankle |
| Humerus | Largest bone in the upper arm, extending from shoulder to the elbow |
| Hyponychium | Skin between the free edge and fingertip of the natural nail |
| Leukonychia | Also known as White Spots; whitish discoloration of the nails caused by injury |
| Lunula | Whitish half moon shape at base of nail |
| Mantle | Pocket like fold of skin that holds the nail root and matrix |
| Matrix | Part of the nail bed that extends below the nail root and helps produce the nail plate |
| Median Nerve | Smallest of the three arm and hand nerves; runs along the mid forearm |
| Melanonychia | Darkening of the nails caused by excess melanin; may be in a band or stripe |
| Onychia | Inflammation of the nail matrix |
| Onychocryptosis | Ingrown nail |
| Onycholysis | Loosening or separation, without shedding, of the nail plate from the nail bed |
| Onychomycosis | Fungal infection of the nail |
| Onychophagy | Bitten nails |
| Onychorrhexis | Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate |
| Onychosis | General term for any nail disease or deformity |
| Onyx | Technical term for nails |
| Paronychia | Bacterial inflammation of the skin surrounding the nail plate |
| Patella | Technical term for kneecap |
| Perionychium | Additional or excessive skin that overlaps onto the sides of the nail plate |
| Pronator Muscles | Turns the forearm and hand inward so the palm faces downward |
| Radial Artery | Supplies blood to the thumb side of the arm and the back of the hand |
| Radial Nerve | Nerve that runs along the thumb side of the arm and back of the hand |
| Supinator Muscle | Turns the forearm and hand outward so the palm faces upward |
| Tibia | Also known as the shin bone; largest of the two bones below the knee that form the lower leg |
| Ulnar Artery | Supplies blood to the little finger side of the arm and the palm of the hand |
| Ulnar Nerve | Nerve that runs along the little finger side of the arm and palm of hand |
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