Nail Disorders and Diseases

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Across
  1. 2. simply known as bitten nail
  2. 3. severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate
  3. 4. fungal infection of the nail plate
  4. 5. caused by trauma to nail bed that damages capillaries and allows small amounts of blood to flow
  5. 7. highly curved nail caused by injury to the matrix or inherited
  6. 8. onychia is the result of this happening to the nail matrix and nail shedding
  7. 9. split or brittle nails with lengthwise ridges on nail plate
  8. 10. a dark band within the nail plate that extends from the base to the free edge due to increased pigmentation
  9. 11. ridges running vertically down the natural nail plate are caused by this
  10. 12. tiny pits or roughness on surface of natural nail plate; noninfectious
  11. 16. this is a noticeable trait of eggshell nails
Down
  1. 1. parasites that under some conditions can cause infections to the feet and hands
  2. 2. separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed
  3. 3. bacteria that can cause nail infections
  4. 6. when this or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate becomes split of torn causing a hangnail
  5. 13. caused be injury to the matrix; white discolorations of the nail
  6. 14. tinea pedis is the medical tern used to describe this
  7. 15. redness, pain, and swelling are signs of this