Chapter 9: Nail Structures and Growth

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Across
  1. 1. 15%-25% of the natural nail
  2. 6. Living skin just behind the cuticle
  3. 9. dead skin that seals the space between nail plate and living skin
  4. 11. Skin between the fingertip and free edge
  5. 13. Living skin that supports the nail plate
  6. 14. Living skin bordering the root and sides of the fingernail or toenail
  7. 15. Part of the nail plate that extends past the fingertip
  8. 16. Fingernail that grows the fastest
Down
  1. 2. Furrows on each side of the nail
  2. 3. layers of nail cells in the nail plate
  3. 4. White half moon shape at the base of nail
  4. 5. fibrous tissue that connects bones and holds organs in place
  5. 7. hardened keratin plate that covers the nail bed
  6. 8. Where nail plate cells are formed
  7. 10. fingernail that grows the slowest
  8. 12. Natural nail