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