Across
- 2. fingernails / named for the nail bed color, is usually caused by a lack of circulating oxygen in red blood cells.
- 5. / (bitten nails) chewed nails or chewed hardened skin surrounding the nail plate.
- 7. / split, brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving rough appearance to surface.
- 8. spots (white spots) / whitish discolorations of the nail usually caused by minor injury to the nail matrix. Not related to body's health/vitamin deficiencies.
- 9. / living skin around the nail plate (often the eponychium) that becomes split or torn.
- 11. granuloma / severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate
- 14. nails / noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge. Usually caused by improper diet, hereditary factors, internal disease, or medication.
- 15. / fungal infection of a natural nail plate
- 17. pedis / (athlete's foot) red or itchy rash on the skin of the bottom of feet and between to toes, usually between fourth or fifth toe.
- 19. / thickening of fingernails or toenails.
- 22. aeruginosa / common bacteria that can lead to bacterial infection that appears as a green , yellow, or black discoloration.
- 24. nail beds / condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, causing a dark purplish spot. These discolorations are usually due to small injuries to the nail bed.
- 25. / vertical lines running the length of the natural nail that are caused by uneven growth of nails or normal aging.
Down
- 1. / darkening of the fingernails/toenails; may be seen as a black band within the nail plate extending from base to fee edge.
- 3. / inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of nail.
- 4. / separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed; can affect fingernails and toenails
- 6. (spoon nail) / inverted or concave nails.
- 7. ram's horn, claw nails) / an enlargement of the fingernails or toenails accompanied by increased thickening and curvature.
- 10. pterygium / abnormal stretching of the skin around the nail plate; usually caused by serious injury, such as burns, or an adverse skin reaction to chemical nail enhancement products or an allergic skin reaction.
- 12. / (ingrown nails) nail grows into the sides of the tissue around nail.
- 13. lines / visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate, usually a result of major illness or injury that has traumatized the body.
- 15. / lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding usually beginning at the free edge & continuing at the lunula
- 16. hemorrhage / physical trauma, injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries & allows a small amount of blood flow.
- 18. nail(folded nail) / highly curved nail plate usually caused by injury to matrix, but may be inherited.
- 20. / bacterial inflammation of the tissue surrounding the nail.redness, pus, and swelling are seen in skin fold adjacent to the nail plate
- 21. nails / nails turn a variety of colors, may indicate surface staining, a systematic disorder or poor blood circulation.
- 23. nails / increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix; edges of nail plate may curl around to form the shape of a trumpet, sharp cone at the free edge.