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For metal connector plate, see Truss connector plate.
Nail plate
Fingernail label (enwiki).jpg
Basic nail anatomy
Latin lamina unguis
Code TH H3.12.00.3.02002

The nail plate is the hard and translucent portion of the nail, composed of keratin.


See also

  • Runner's toe, repetitive injury seen in runners


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v · d · eIntegumentary system (TA A16, TH H3.12, GA 10.1062)
Skin
Skin fields
Head
campus frontalis, campus parietalis, campus occipitalis, campus temroralis, campus facialis (campus orbitalis, campus nasalis, campus oralis, campus mentalis, campus infraorbitalis, campus buccalis, campus zygomaticus)
Neck
campus cervicalis anterior (campus submandibularis, campus caroticus, campus omotrachealis, campus submentalis), campus sternocleidomastoideus, campus cervicalis posterior (campus omoclavicularis), campus nuchalis
Chest
campus presternalis, campus clavipectoralis, campus pectoralis verus, campus mammarius, campus inframammarius, campus axillaris
Abdomen
campus hypochondriacus, campus epigastricus, campus abdominalis lateralis, campus umbilicalis, campus inguinalis, campus hypogastricus
Perineum
campus analis, campus urogenitalis
Subcutaneous tissue
Adnexa
Nail matrix · Nail plate (Lunula)  · Eponychium · Paronychium · Hyponychium

M: INT, SF, LCT

noco(i/b/d/q/u/r/p/m/k/v/f)/cong/tumr(n/e/d), sysi/epon

proc, drug (D2/3/4/5/8/11)

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