What is the color of a healthy nail pinkish in color Nails allow water to pass through them. This is called being what porous The water content of a healthy nail is what 15-25 percent What does the nail plate sit on nail bed Epithelium thin layer of tissue it attaches the nail bed to the nail plate and guides it along the nail bed Matrix where the natural nail is formed, matrix cells produce other cells ,they become the nail plate Lunula the lighter or whitish color of the half moon shape at the base of the nail Poor nail growth can be from what poor health,injury to the matrix,disease or damage to the matrix What is the free edge* the part of the nail that extends over the end of the finger or toe Cuticle dead colorless tissue attached to the nail plate What is the job fo the cuticle to seal the space between the nail plate and the living skin above it. it helps prevent entry of foreign material and prevents injury and infecton Eponychium living tissue or skin at the base of the nail Hyponychium slightly thickened layer of skin that lies underneath the free edgeof the nail plate Specialized ligaments attach the nail bed and plate the the underlying bone Nail folds folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate, they form nail grooves that the nail grows along Nail growth is affected by what nutrition,exercise,general health When do nails grow faster summer What determines the width,thickness,curvature of the Nail length,width,curvature of the Matrix Nails/NAIL STRUCTURE & GROWTH
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