2.the part of a glove into which a finger is put.dedo 3.anything made, shaped, cutetclike a finger.a finger of toast.dedo verb to touch or feel with the fingers.She fingered the material.manosear ˈfingernailnoun the nail at the tip of the finger.uña ...
Intersection between nail plate and overlying skin at proximal nail Germinal matrix Root of the nail Forms nail plate from base of nail bed Distal matrix produces deeper nail plate Disruption may cause deep nail ridges Proximal matrix produces superficial nail plate Disruption may cause superficial Na...
The nail plate is a laminated keratinized structure lying on the nail matrix (15-25%), the nail bed with its distal onychodermal band (75-85%), and the hyponychium at its free edge. The distal part of the matrix, the lunula characterized by its half-moon shape, can be observed ...
Nail bed (ventral matrix, sterile matrix) The nail bed extends from the distal margin of the lunula to the hyponychium. Avulsion of the nail reveals a pattern of longitudinal epidermal ridges stretching to the lunula. On the underside of the nail plate is a complementary set of ridges, whi...
Quincke's pulsealternate blanching and flushing of the skin that may be elicited in several ways, such as by pressing on the end of the nail and observing the nail bed or skin at the root of the nail. It is caused by pulsation of subpapillary arteriolar and venous plexuses and is somet...
is known as the CRT or blanch test. The fingernail bed is briefly depressed to turn the nailbed white. When the pressure is released the normal pink color should be restored within a second or two. Delayed return to pink color can be an indicator of certain shock states such as ...
An infection of the surface of the skin, caused by staphylococcus ("staph") and streptococcus ("strep") bacteria nevus A benign pigmented spot on the skin such as a mole Onycholysis A nail disorder characterized by a spontaneous separation of the nail bed starting at the distal free margin ...
head - a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin" bolt - a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener nail - a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener pin - a small slender (often pointed) ...
a. nail bedb. hyponychiumc. nail rootd. eponychium B. hyponychium 15. In humans, exposure of the skin to sunlight is required for ___.a. vitamin D synthesisb. arteriole constrictionc. folate productiond. thermoregulation A. vitamin D synthesis 16. One of the functions of the integu...
metastasis:spread of cancer cells from a source to other parts of the body nail bed:layer of epidermis upon which the nail body forms nail body:main keratinous plate that forms the nail nail cuticle:fold of epithelium that extends over the nail bed, also called the eponychium ...