Across
- 1. technical term for nails of the fingers or toes
- 8. folds of skin that line the sides of the nail
- 10. nonliving colorless tissue attached to the nail plate
Down
- 2. portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge
- 3. collectively; the nail bed collectively; the nail bed
- 4. slightly thickened layer of skin that lies between the fingertip and free edge of the nail plate, forming a protective barrier that prevents microorganisms from invading and infecting the nail bed
- 5. part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe
- 6. hard keratin plate on top of and slowly sliding across the nail bed as it grows; the most visible and functional part of the nail unit
- 7. area where the nail plate cells are formed; composed of matrix cells that produce the nail plate
- 9. visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin; whitish half-moon shape at the base of the nail