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HYPONYCHIUM [2 records]

Record 1 2024-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Skin
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The nail bed is attached to the ventral surface of the nail plate and begins distal to the lunula and terminates at the hyponychium.

OBS

nail bed; lectulus: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • nailbed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Appareil cutané
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

lit de l'ongle : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

lectulus : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Piel
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Zona blanda sobre la que descansa la uña y que contribuye a la formación de ésta.

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Record 2 2015-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Skin
CONT

The hyponychium is that part of the epidermis from the point at which the nail body separates from the sterile matrix to the point at which the tissue beneath the nail body becomes normal epidermis at the yellow line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Extension sous-unguéale de l'épiderme distal de l'extrémité du doigt, située en avant du lit de l'ongle et en arrière du sillon distal.

Spanish

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