2007-06-01 11:35:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Fingernails are neither considered skin nor bones; they are actually CELLS. Fingernails grow from the matrix (the hidden part of the nail unit under the cuticle) and are composed largely of keratin, a hardened protein (that is also in skin and hair). As new CELLS grow in the matrix, the older CELLS are PUSHED OUT, compacted and take on the familiar flattened, hardened form of the fingernails.
2007-06-01 12:21:27 · answer #1 · answered by Basang Sisiw 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
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 that 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.
2007-06-01 11:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by jsardi56 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are Nails Bones
2017-01-09 09:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fingernails are a modified form of hair which in turn is a modified form of skin. they are nothing to do with bones.
2007-06-01 11:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
neither it is most closey realted 2 hair it is made out of the same things ur hair is made out of
Fingernails and toenails, which are made of a tough protein called keratin and are a form of modified hair
2007-06-01 11:43:41 · answer #5 · answered by Klevi T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not either one.It is made up of "keratin" The same protein that makes up your hair,and the horns & hoofs of animals. Take care. SW RNP
2007-06-01 11:52:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither.
It's kind of like asking "is a nose considered a toe or an spleen?"
2007-06-01 11:45:52 · answer #7 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
neither. fingers nails are caratin which is like a protein
2007-06-01 11:39:14 · answer #8 · answered by Maribel J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither.
2007-06-01 11:43:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither.
2007-06-01 11:38:54 · answer #10 · answered by Miss independent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋