Across
- 4. trauma or injury to the nail that only allows small blood flow
- 6. causes vertical ridges to form on fingernails
- 9. condition caused by an injury or disease of nail unit
- 11. skin is stretched by nail plate
- 13. bacterial inflammation of tissue surrounding the nail
- 14. white spots caused by injury to the matrix
- 16. fungal infection of natural nail plate
- 17. ingrown nails
- 19. darkening of fingernails or toenails
- 20. common bacteria that leads to discoloration of nail bed; green or yellow
- 21. thin white nail plates; overly flexible
- 22. athletes foot, fungal infection of the feet
- 24. folded nail; highly curved nail
- 25. separation of nail plate from the nail bed
Down
- 1. any deformity or disease of natural nail
- 2. severe inflammation in which a lump of red tissue grows
- 3. lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding
- 5. tiny pits or severe roughness of nail plate
- 7. sometimes called furrows running across natural nail plate
- 8. bitten nails
- 10. nail turns variety of colors, surface staining
- 12. blood clot forms under nail plate
- 15. inflammation of nail matrix; shedding of natural nail
- 18. living tissue under nail plate splits
- 20. edges of nail plate curl to form shape of a trumpet
- 23. vertical lines running through length of natural nail