nail structure and growth

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Across
  1. 2. nonliving colorless tissue attached to the nail plate
  2. 4. area where the nail plate cells are formed; composed of matrix cells that produce the nail plate
  3. 7. technical term for nails of the fingers or toes
  4. 10. hard keratin plate on top of and slowly sliding across the nail bed as it grows; the most visible and functional part of the nail unit
  5. 12. abbreviated PNF; entire flap of skin covering the matrix, extending from the edge of the visible nail plate to the first joint of the finger or toe
  6. 14. part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe
  7. 15. slit or furrow on the sides of the nail
Down
  1. 1. tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place
  2. 3. also known as the sidewall; folds of skin that line the sides of the nail plate
  3. 5. all parts of the finger from the tip to the first knuckle; technically referred to as the onyx and is composed mainly of keratin
  4. 6. living skin underneath the PNF found at the nail plate’s base covering the matrix area
  5. 8. portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge
  6. 9. visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin; whitish half-moon shape at the base of the nail
  7. 11. folds of skin that surround the nail plate
  8. 13. collectively; the nail bed (or sterile matrix), nail fold, eponychium, paronychium, and hyponychium