Somebody said carrots but I know THAT's not true.
2007-03-25 14:52:06 · 17 answers · asked by Pepper 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Fingernails and toenails, which are made of a tough protein called keratin and are a form of modified hair, are made up of many different parts:
The free edge is the part of the nail the extends past the finger, beyond the nail plate. There are no nerve endings in the nail - this is the growing part of the nail still under the skin at the nail's proximal end.
-eponychium or cuticle, is the fold of skin at the proximal end of the nail.
-paronychium is the fold of skin on the sides of the nail.
-hyponychium is the attachment between the skin of the finger or toe and the distal end of the nail.
-nail plate is what we think of when we say nail, the hard and translucent portion, composed of keratin.
-nail bed is the adherent connective tissue that underlies the nail.
-lunula is the crescent shaped whitish area of the nail bed (when visible)
-nail fold a fold of hard skin overlapping the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
2007-04-01 12:48:03 · answer #1 · answered by xx_kc_xx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pepper glad to know you are smart enough to they are not carrots the are a form of bone check out web MD for more in depth answers
2007-04-02 05:52:39 · answer #2 · answered by gman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fingernails are made of keratine a tough insoluble protein substance that is the chief constituent of hair nails horns and hooves.
2007-04-02 03:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by holly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's gotta be calcium because the more milk I drink the stronger my nails get and if I don't drink enough they get thin and break when I try to grow them long
2007-04-02 09:51:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A protein called Keratin..
2007-04-02 08:51:55 · answer #5 · answered by zuzuxr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keratin. is protein plus lipid. same as hair. uppermost layer of skin, too. Carrots was funny. you know too much carrots can color your skin with Carotene
2007-03-25 15:31:35 · answer #6 · answered by laportama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human fingernails are mostly made from a protein called keratin.
2007-03-25 14:59:48 · answer #7 · answered by sriram v 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I asked this question to my 6th grade teacher back in 1966. He told me fingernails are basically skin. I don't have any idea if that's true, but that's what he told me.
2007-03-25 14:55:57 · answer #8 · answered by dawnsdad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They weren't far off. Word wise, that is. They are made of caratin. that's the same stuff that your hair is made out of. It's also the same stuff as ratt;esnake's tails.
2007-03-25 14:58:02 · answer #9 · answered by Steve 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
calcium of course, not carrots
2007-03-31 05:40:06 · answer #10 · answered by Gigi D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋