A client sustained an injury to the crescent-shaped area at the proximal end of the nail of one finger or the:
1. lunula.
2. nail matrix.
3. paronychia.
4. periungual tissue
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The lunula is the pale, crescent-shaped area at the proximal end of each nail. The periungual tissue surrounds the nail plate and the free edge of the nail. Paronychia is inflammation at the base of the nail plate. The nail matrix is undifferentiated epithelial tissue from which the nails arise.
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