Nail Structure

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Across
  1. 5. Thickened skin layer between the fingertip & the nail plate's free edge
  2. 7. Non living colorless tissue attached to the nail plate
  3. 10. The visible part of the matrix that resembles a half moon.
  4. 13. The nail bed, nail fold, eponychium, paronychium & hyponychium are collectively referred as this
  5. 15. The hardened keratin plate that sits on top of the nail bed
  6. 16. Contains nerves, lymph & blood vessels
  7. 19. Normal skin that folds around the nail plate
Down
  1. 1. The entire skin flap covering the matrix
  2. 2. Attach the nail bed & matrix to the underlying bone
  3. 3. The living tissue that makes the cuticle
  4. 4. The time of year nails grow faster
  5. 6. Minimum months it takes for a fingernail to grow back
  6. 8. Living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows to the free edge
  7. 9. Skin overlapping the nail's side
  8. 11. Technical term for the natural nail
  9. 12. Minimum months it takes for a toe nail to grow back
  10. 14. Where the nail plate cells are formed & extends from under the nail fold at the nail plates base
  11. 17. The fiber-shaped protein found in hair, skin & nails
  12. 18. Part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger