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Nails
Week 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Free edge | Part of the nail that extends beyond the finger |
| Onychodermal band | Glassy grey is area where the nail meets the hyponochium |
| Nail plate body | The visible part of the nail made of transparent layers of hardened cells |
| Nail wall/side wall | Folds of skin on either side of the nail |
| Lunula | The whitened half moon shape at the base of the nail |
| Eponychium | The cuticle that overlaps the lunula at the base of the nail |
| Cuticle | The loose piable overlapping skin around the nail. The cuticle fpr,s a seal on the nail to help prevent bacterial infection |
| Nail matrix | The active tissue that generates cells which harden as they move outward to the free edge nurished by the blood supply |
| Nail root | Attached to the matrix at the base of the nail the root is held inside the mantle |
| Mantle | The pocket like structure that holds the root and the matrix |
| Nail bed | The area of the finger where the nail body rests nerves and blood vessels found here supply nourishment |
| Nail grooves | The tracks on the side of the nails that the nail moves on as it grows out |
| Perionychium | The skin that touches overlaps and surrounds the nails |
| Bed epithelium | The cells between the nail plate and bed |
| Hyponychium | The skin under the free edge |
| Abductor | Separates the fingers |
| Adductor | Brings fingers together |
| Opponen | Moved the thumb |
| Nail growth | 1/8 inches per month |
| Cell production | Nail thickness depends on this |
| Keratinn | Hard protein nails are made of |
| Square nails | Structurally the strongest not recommended for heavy hands or short fingers |
| Oval nails | Most common nail shape not as strong as square compliments most hands |
| Round nails | A strong nail used most often for men's manicures |
| Squoval nails | A combination of square and oval used very often for artificial nakls |
| Pointed | The least practical very weak slederizws short fingers and heavy hands |
| Grit | The number of particles per square jnch |
| Coarse | 100 grit |
| Medium coarse | 120 grit |
| Medium | 180 |
| Fine | 240 grit |
| Extra fine | 320 grit |
| Ultrafine | 400 grit |
| Finishing and shinning | 900/1200 grit |
| Pigment | Created with fine powder sometime it does separate out frost and shimmer contain micca |
| Dispersant | Helps resin mix with the solvent |
| Resins | Plastic material that hold the Polish together in is formaldehyde |
| Solvent | Parts of polish that evaporate to much evaporation makes polish lumpy |
| Plastisizer | Keeps polish flexible does not chip as much as rigid polish |
| Uv stabilizer | Keeps polish from changing colors when exposed to sunlight |
| Signs of infection | Throbbing pan ache local fever swelling redness pus oozing |
| Funug/ vegetable parasite | Lives off something else causes damage to the carrier most common in feet may occur under acrylic nails very contagious |
| Onychomychosis | The nail becomes thick and discolored brown to blacknowledge and may fall off no service may be preformed caused by ringworm |
| Tinea manus | Appears in rings with small blisters may spread to other aewas |
| Tinea pedis | Itching and peeling blisters containing fluid severe skin cracking |
| Paryonchia | Bacterial infection hang nails client may lose the nail |
| Onychoptosis | Disease or injury syphilis fever trauma |
| Onychia | Bacterial infection nail may stop growing may grow I n deformed |
| Onychatrophia | Nails crumble loosen from nail plate caused by injury no service |
| Onycholysis | Internal disorder starts at the free edge nail stays attached at the lunula allergy to artificial nail |
| Blue nails | Poor circulation most common in older clients service manicure with caution |
| Corrugationa | Injury lines appear across entire nail service lightly buff or apply a ridge filler |
| Eggshell nail | Very thin and flexible tears easily may be caused by improper diet treatment file gently push cuticle gently |
| Melanonchia | Darkening of nails caused by excess pigment treatment any nail service |
| Nail psoriasis | Nail will be pitted not contagious treament any nail sercice |
| Onychomadesis | Complete shedding of the nail plate may be caused by a local infection treatment if not infected any service avoid electric file |
| Pictured nail | Nail curves at 90° angle may be caused by shoe pressure or nail bed deformity treatment any nail service |
| Kolionychia | Ski slope nail concave shape longterm illness nerve disterbance service file carefully |
| Trumpet mail | Nail folds into a complete circle giving it a cone shape. Genetics tight shoes perform nail services with light pressure |
| Furrows | Cells produce eneveningly nail is thicker in some areas can be caused by pushing to hard service lightly buff or apply a ridge filler |
| Onychogryposia | Thick curved nail curves over the tip of the toe service file as usual |