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What is the medical term meaning tissue surrounding the nail bed?
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The eponychium, also known as the cuticle, is the thickened layer of skin surrounding fingernails and toenails.
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The dead colorless tissue attached to the nail plate?
Cuticle
Thickened epithelial tissue at proximal end of nail body?
Eponychium
What is the purpose of the nail cuticle?
The cuticle is the layer of non living tissue that connects the nail plate to the epidermis. It protects the matrix from contaminants that could cause infection.
What type tissue is the nails?
Your nails come from nail bed. Nails are connected to the skin below. The trauma to the nails is borne by large surface area. This gives very strong support to nails to withstand the applied force on the nails. Nails of some animals are very strong as a result.
Which tissue undergoes mitosis most readily?
The epithelial tissue/cells are the ones that divide most readily because they get damaged by UV light in the sunlight and go through apoptosis so they have to be regularly generated. i.e Hair and nail are epithelial tissues and you can see how fast they grow/how fast they die.
What is the medical term meaning soft tissue around the nail border?
The paronychium is the soft tissue around the nail border.
What is the Medical terminology combining form meaning nail?
Onycho- is the medical terminology combining form meaning nail. The medical term for nail is unguis.
What is the medical term meaning unguis?
Unguis is the medical term meaning nail.
What is the medical term abnormal condition of a hidden nail?
Onychocryptosis literally means hidden nail; the common name is ingrown nail.
What is the medical term meaning spoon nail?
koilonychiakoilonychia
What is the medical term meaning acute infection of the fold of skin at the margin of a nail?
A paronychia is an infection around the nail.
What is the medical term meaning folded nail?
The medical term for a folded nail is "onychomadesis." It refers to the shedding or separation of the nail plate from the nail bed, resulting in a folded appearance. This condition can be caused by various factors such as trauma, infection, or systemic diseases.
What is the medical term meaning softening of a fingernail or toenail?
An infection around the nail that can cause inflammation is paronychia.Onychomycosis and an infection around the nail that can cause inflammation is paronychia.Paronychia
What is the medical term meaning deep fold of skin at the base of the nail where the nail root is embedded?
the cuticle its the clear part on your nail slightly off your skin
What is the medical term meaning half-moon-shaped white region at the nail root?
Lunula.
What is swelling and infection of soft tissue around in a nail?
Paronychia is swelling and infection of soft tissue around a nail.
What is the medical term meaning keratin plate covering the dorsal surface of the last bone of each toe and finger?
nail
