NAIL DISEASES AND DISORDERS

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Across
  1. 1. Ingrown nails
  2. 4. Living skin attaches to nail plate and stretches on top of plate as nail grows
  3. 7. Nails with a concave shape
  4. 8. Increased thickness or curvature of nails. May Occur with age or injury.
  5. 14. A small separation from the nail bed appearing as white spots on the nail plate
  6. 15. Inflammation of the PNF or lateral nail folds
  7. 16. Split or brittle nails
  8. 17. Inflammation of skin around nail
  9. 18. Very thin, soft nails that sometimes curve over the free edge
Down
  1. 2. Shedding or loss of nail plate with separation beginning at the matrix
  2. 3. Ringworm of nail
  3. 5. Bitten Nails
  4. 6. Appears as a darkened stripe running the length of the nail plate
  5. 9. Loosening of the nail plate beginning at the hyponychium progressing toward the PNF
  6. 10. Splitting or peeling of the nail typically at the free edge (Delamination)
  7. 11. Atrophy of nail or wasting away of nail
  8. 12. Discoloration of nails from bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  9. 13. An abnormal outgrowth of nail or thickening of nail plate