WHAT IS A PARONYCHIA. This is an infected ingrown nail. This is generally the result of an ingrown nail piercing the surrounding flesh, bacteria gets into the opening and it becomes infected.
Medical Definition of REFLEX ARC. : the complete nervous path that is involved in a reflex.eflex arc. noun. : the complete nervous path that is involved in a reflex.
reflex. a reflected involuntary action or movement; the sum total of any particular automatic response mediated by the nervous system. A reflex is built into the nervous system and does not need the intervention of conscious thought to take effect. positive reaction is a sharp contraction of the muscle of which the tendon is part. The patellar reflex is the best known of these reflexes. Absence indicates a defect in the reflex arc, an exaggerated response suggests an upper motor neuron lesion. Called also myotactic reflex.