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Does anyone else have a Brown line in your fingernail that starts down in the nail bed and goes the whole length of your nail if so what is it?
This could be a fungus in your fingenail.
Causes of nails in make-up?
One normal fingernail and one torn completely off of the nail bed exposing medicinal substances; in particular cosmetics applied to the nails can pose a risk.
Describe nail formation?
Living skin cells in the finger are what produced fingernails. A fingernail is made of several parts. The nail plate, the nail bed, the cuticle, the nail folds, the lunula, and the matrix are all parts of the fingernail. Nails grow from the matrix and are composed of keratin. When new cells grow, the older cells are pushed out.
What is Onycholysis?
Onycholysis is the separation or loosening of a fingernail or toenail from its nail bed. Loosening of the nails, beginning at the free border, and usually incomplete.
What does no clubbing mean in medical terms?
A condition of the fingernails...usually a symptom heart problems...when the angle of the nail bed is less than 160 degrees.
What is the medical term meaning surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail?
The surgical removal (ablation) of the fingernail or toenail is referred to as an Onychectomy or onychotomy. Hopefully the nail will regrow in a normal fashion.When part or all of the nail bed (matrix) is removed, whether through surgery or chemical means, the procedure is called a Matrisectomy or matrixectomy. This permanently prevents the nail from regrowing.
Has a long cylindrical body pseudocoelom and gets its shape from its epidermis and cuticle?
The fingernail has a long cylindrical body pseudocoelom and gets its shape from the epidermis and cuticle. The fingernail is comprised of cells that protect the nail bed.
What is a nail bed?
The nail bed is part of the nail matrix called the sterile matrix. It extends from the edge of the germinal matrix, or lunula, to the hyponychium. The nail bed contains the blood vessels, nerves, and melanocytes, or melanin-producing cells. As the nail is produced by the root, it streams down along the nail bed, which adds material to the undersurface of the nail making it thicker. It is important for normal nail growth that the nail bed be smooth. If it is not, the nail may split or develop grooves that can be cosmetically unappealing.
What is the medical term meaning inflammation of the nail bed?
Onychoma is a tumor of the nail bed.onchyomaOnchyomaOnchyomaThis is spelled wrong, it should be onychoma.onych/o means fingernail or toenailoma means tumor
What part does the nail body cover?
nail bed-gigi
Where is the lunula in your body?
The lunula, or lunulae (pl.) (little moon in Latin), is the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail. The lunula is the visible part of the root of the nail.
How can a damaged fingernail bed be cured the fingernail continually grows with a deep split from the bed to the cuticle?
I would like to know the answer, but I wanted to assure you that you are not alone. this is happening on my thumbnail and once the split reaches the top of my nail, I don't know what will happen. the only thing I know is to see a dermatologist. Please tell me if yoiu find information. Good luck. Carole
