nails

3. folds of skin that surround the nail plate
5. 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
6. part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe
9. living skin underneath the PNF found at the nail plate’s base covering the matrix area
11. nonliving colorless tissue attached to the nail plate
12. collectively; the nail bed (or sterile matrix), nail fold, eponychium, paronychium, and hyponychium

1. thin layer of tissue between the nail plate and the nail bed
2. area where the nail plate cells are formed; composed of matrix cells that produce the nail plate
4. tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place
7. visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin; whitish half-moon shape at the base of the nail
8. portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge
10. technical term for nails of the fingers or toes