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The lunula is the white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail. The lunula, or ( pl.: lunulae; from Latin 'little moon'), is the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail . In humans, it appears by week 14 [1] of gestation, and has a primary structural role in defining the free edge of the distal nail plate (the ...
Sausage casing, also known as sausage skin or simply casing, is the material that encloses the filling of a sausage. Natural casings are made from animal intestines or skin; artificial casings, introduced in the early 20th century, are made of collagen and cellulose. [1] The material is then shaped via a continuous extrusion process ...
During the violence that followed the 1991 Haitian coup d'état, victims sometimes had to eat their own hacked-off body parts. In 2009 in New Zealand, a 28-year-old man nicknamed "Mr X" amputated his little finger with a jigsaw, cooked it in a pan around vegetables and ate it. Apparently, the act was not brought on by drugs consumption or ...
Onychomycosis, also known as tinea unguium, [4] is a fungal infection of the nail. [2] Symptoms may include white or yellow nail discoloration, thickening of the nail, and separation of the nail from the nail bed. [2] Fingernails may be affected, but it is more common for toenails. [3] Complications may include cellulitis of the lower leg. [3]
Bulimia nervosa, also known as simply bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging or fasting, and excessive concern with body shape and weight. [9] [2] This activity aims to expel the body of calories eaten from the binging phase of the process. [9] Binge eating refers to eating a large amount of food in a ...
The nail-tail wallabies, of genus Onychogalea, are three species of macropods, all found in Australia. Related to kangaroos and wallabies, they are smaller species distinguished by a horny spur at the end of their tail. The northern nail-tail wallaby is still common in the northern part of Australia, [1] the crescent nail-tail is now extinct ...
Splinter hemorrhages (or haemorrhages) are tiny blood clots that tend to run vertically under the nails.Splinter hemorrhages are not specific to any particular condition, and can be associated with subacute infective endocarditis, scleroderma, trichinosis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic nails, antiphospholipid syndrome,: 659 haematological malignancy, and ...
Gongylonema pulchrum is the only parasite of the genus Gongylonema capable of infecting humans. Gongylonema pulchrum infections are due to humans acting as accidental hosts for the parasite. There are seven genera of spirudia nematodes that infect human hosts accidentally: Gnathostoma, Thelazia, Gongylonema, Physaloptera, Spirocerca, Rictularia.