Across
- 3. The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail
- 4. the largest organ of the body that forms a physical barrier between the external environment and the internal environment that it serves to protect and maintain
- 7. the skin just under the free edge of your nail
- 9. is an inherited condition that leads to someone having very light skin, hair, and eyes
- 10. the visible part of the hair that sticks out of the skin
- 12. the major sweat glands of the human body
- 15. the thick layer of living tissue below the epidermis which forms the true skin
- 16. a dark brown to black pigment occurring in the hair, skin, and iris of the eye in people and animals
- 17. is the bottom layer of skin in your body
- 18. layer of translucent skin that is shed from the underside of the proximal nail fold as the nail grows
Down
- 1. the surface epithelium of the skin, overlying the dermis
- 2. contract when the body surface is chilled and erect the hairs, compress an oil gland above each muscle, and produce the appearance of goose bumps
- 5. an organ in your skin that make and secrete sebum
- 6. a sweat gland that secretes a viscous fluid into a hair follicle
- 8. the vascular epidermis upon which most of the fingernail or toenail rests that has a longitudinally ridged surface often visible through the nail
- 11. a fibrous protein forming the main structural constituent of hair, feathers, hoofs, claws, horns, etc
- 13. a protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis
- 14. the visible portion of the distal nail matrix that extends beyond the proximal nailfold
- 17. A shaft or opening on the surface of the skin through which hair grows