CH 10 - Nail Disorders
Across
- 4. May be a black band within the nail plate, extending from the base to the free edge
- 7. White spots caused by an injury to the matrix area
- 8. Thin white nail plates that can curve over the free edge
- 9. What happens when a blood clot forms under the nail plate
Down
- 1. When the living tissue around the nail splits or tears
- 2. Soft spoon nails with a concave shape
- 3. May indicate surface staining or systemic disorder when this happens to the nail
- 5. Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate, usually caused by an injury
- 6. Nail bed color usually caused by lack of circulating oxygen in red blood cells