Across
- 2. caused by trauma to nail bed that damages capillaries and allows small amounts of blood to flow
- 3. ridges running vertically down the natural nail plate are caused by this
- 5. fungal infection of the nail plate
- 6. this is a noticeable trait of eggshell nails
- 7. severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate
- 8. simply known as bitten nail
- 10. parasites that under some conditions can cause infections to the feet and hands
- 11. separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed
- 13. tiny pits or roughness on surface of natural nail plate; noninfectious
- 14. redness, pain, and swelling are signs of this
- 16. tinea pedis is the medical tern used to describe this
- 17. when this or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate becomes split of torn causing a hangnail
Down
- 1. bacteria that can cause nail infections
- 4. a dark band within the nail plate that extends from the base to the free edge due to increased pigmentation
- 7. highly curved nail caused by injury to the matrix or inherited
- 9. split or brittle nails with lengthwise ridges on nail plate
- 12. onychia is the result of this happening to the nail matrix and nail shedding
- 15. caused be injury to the matrix; white discolorations of the nail