2006-06-29 03:19:28 · 9 answers · asked by Mars 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Fingernails and Toenails are made from... hair! They are there to protect the sensitive nail bed underneath them. (Ever cut your nails too short... it hurts right? That nail bed isn't being protected like it should anymore!) Also, humans are animals, whether we like it or not, and most animals have nails to help them dig! Don't forget we used to not have grocery stores and such back in the stone age!
2006-06-29 05:00:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolutionary left over from claws. There are two purposes of human fingernails. Firstly, they help protect the sensitive skin underneath the nail. They also serve to help us grip and scratch.
2006-06-29 03:26:28 · answer #2 · answered by williegod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as well their decorative position, nails serve quite a few significant a lot less favored applications. They act as guns of offense or protection, help you scratch that stressful itch, preserve the smooth fingertips from harm ( imagine slamming the motor vehicle door on your fingers with no need your fingernails to guard them) complements fingertips sensitivity ( you could determine even if you've 2 or 3 pages between your fingers ) and helps fantastic tactile moves inclusive of choosing up tiny products like pins or buttoning a blouse or blouse. Fingernails, merely as hair is, are merely an extention of the floor. they are made from lifeless cells , from a protein observed as keratin. opposite to time-honored conception, nails do no longer breathe. The matrix, is the man who receives the blood flow, that is the only to blame of starting to be those lifeless cells observed as nails. opposite to time-honored conception, calcium does no longer stimulate nail boom, that is the matrix that produces the nails straight away. because of this we want to guard it from being uncovered to hits and careless remedy with hammers or artwork appropriate methods, as a way to ward off incorrect nail boom. Nails strengthen very slowly - and fingernails strengthen swifter than toenails. the basis of the nail the position evidently on your skin is termed the cuticle. Cuticles help to guard the recent formed nail and the nail mattress. on the top the position the nail comes out of the floor is a whiter 1/2-moon formed structure observed as the lunula. As to why they strengthen....the older they get the extra brittle nails change into and as with existence the lifeless cells are pushed away to make way for the recent.
2016-10-13 22:57:40 · answer #3 · answered by student 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can serve in an animalistic protective way to assist us throughout our lifes.
Dr Pratt
2006-06-29 18:59:48 · answer #4 · answered by Mujaahid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would like to see him try and pick his nose with his toes!!!i think they are there to protect the tips of your fingers and the tips of your toes.lol
2006-06-29 03:25:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make our finger points strong
2006-06-29 03:23:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fingernails I can understand;for scratching.Toenails I don't get.They're like male nipples,virtually useless.
2006-06-29 03:23:54 · answer #7 · answered by kojackamus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
protection for sensitive tissue and as tools
2006-06-29 03:26:24 · answer #8 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Picking your nose.....what did you think?
2006-06-29 03:22:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋