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4.  The main purpose of the nail is to protect the
fingers and toes.
 To help scratch things, peel fruit, open things,
pick away the outer layers of other edibles, undo
knots, and perform a variety of other tasks.
 To protect yourself .

6. 1. Lunula
 the whitish half-moon
at the base of the nail.
2. Cuticle
 Overlapping epidermis
around the nail.
 the transparent skin, which is
called” True Cuticle”
Can be removed during the
manicuring process.

7. 3. Free edge
 part of the nail that
can be filled and shaped.
 the portion of the
nail that extends past
the end of the matrix
bed.

8. . Nail plate
 the area of the finger
along which the nail
progresses as it grown.
 the actual fingernail, made
of translucent keratin
 the pink appearance of the nail
comes from the blood vessels
underneath the nail.

9. 5. Matrix
 the hidden part of the nail
unit under the cuticle.
 It is where our finger nail
grow.
 produces keratin cells that
make up the nail plate.

11. 1. Onychatrophia
 is an atrophy or wasting away
of the nail plate which causes
it to lose its luster, become
smaller and sometimes shed
entirely.
 Can caused by injury to the
nail matrix or by internal
disease.

12. 2. Leuconychia or white spot
 caused by tiny bubbles of air
that are trapped in the nail
plate layers due to trauma.
 this condition may be hereditary
and no treatment is required as
the spots will grow out with the
nail plate.

13. 3. Pterygium
 It is an overgrowth of
cuticle which sticks to the
surface of nail plate.
 the result of trauma to the
matrix due to a surgical
procedure or by a deep cut to
nail plate.

14. 4. Brittle Nails
 a vertical splitting or separation
of the nail plate layers at the
distal (free) edge of the nail
plate.
 the result of overexposure to
water and chemical solvents
such as household cleaning
solutions.

15. 5.Bruised nails
 Condition in which a blood
clot forms under the nail
plate, forming a dark purplish
spot.
 Due to the injury and bleeding
of the nail bed.

16. 6. Eggshell Nails
 Noticeably thin, white nail
plate that is more flexible
than normal.
 The nail plate separates from
the nail bed and curves at the
free edge.

18. Rosalinda G. Lagrante