Nails

2. The visible hardened keratin shield that walks forward across the living nail bed.
3. The structural lifting or loosening of the nail plate away from its bed without completely falling off.
6. The hardened protein fiber that composes the structural makeup of both hair and nails.
9. An intense painful inflammation of the live nail matrix that leads to shedding of the plate.
10. The strict state board infection control rule requiring non-porous tools to be completely submerged for ten minutes.
12. The biological body system to which the natural nail unit belongs as an appendage.
13. The medical species term for common athlete foot fungal infections of the toes.
15. The living skin tissue located right at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix.
16. A disorder characterized by an abnormal wing-like forward stretching of living skin onto the plate.
17. The dead nonliving colorless tissue that naturally sheds from the eponychium and sticks to the plate.
19. The chemical ingredient hidden inside polymer powder that acts as a spark plug to start curing.
21. The general medical umbrella term for any deformity disease or pathology of the natural nails.

1. The sudden separation and complete falling off of a nail plate starting directly at the base matrix.
2. The bacterial pathogen that traps moisture under an overlay and turns the plate a greenish color.
4. The thickened layer of living skin resting directly underneath the free edge extension tip.
5. A highly contagious fungal infection of the nail plate causing severe thickening and crumbling.
7. An acute bacterial inflammation of the living skin tissue surrounding the margin of the nail plate.
8. The live area hidden at the base of the nail where mitosis occurs and plate cells are born.
11. Scattered white spots appearing across the nail plate body caused strictly by minor matrix trauma.
14. The thin layer of guide tissue acting like a micro rail track to anchor the plate to the bed.
18. The molecular curing or hardening reaction that occurs when monomer liquid mixes with powder.
20. Classification for single-use items made of wood or paper that must be discarded directly into the trash.
22. The clinical medical term used on the state board exam to describe severely bitten nails.