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Question | Answer |
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What is considered of the skin? | Appendages |
What is the primary purpose of the free edge of the nail? | Protect the tip of the finer and/or toe |
What is the folds of skin on either side of the nail groove are called? | Nail Wall |
What is the nail structure that overlaps the lunula at the base of the nail? | Eponychium |
What is the loose and pliable overlapping skin around the nail? | Cuticle |
What is the active tissue that generates cells that harden as they move outward fron the root to the nail is called? | The Nail Matrix |
What is attached at the base of the nail, under the skin and inside the mantle? | The Nail Root |
What is the deep pocket-like area that holds the root and the matrix of the nail? | Mantle |
Which nail structure consist of many nerves and blood vessels that supply nourishment? | Nail Bed |
What is the nail bed attached to the bone by? | Ligament |
What is the tracks on either side of the nail that the nail moves on as it grows are called? | The Nail Grooves |
What is the skin that touches, overlaps and surrounds the nail? | Perionychium |
What is the skin under the free edge of the nail called? | Hyponychium |
What is a conditions that does Not indicate a decreasing rate of nail growth? | Summer |