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Are your fingernails made out of the same material as your hair?
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∙ 13y ago
No. Nails are made of a protein, keratin, while teeth are composed of enamel, and tissues, dentin, pulp, and cemetum. The only live part of the nail is beneath the epidermis, where the growing occurs.
Teeth are very much alive. Enamel, the outer portion of a tooth, is mainly hydroxyapatite. Dentin more porous, and is composed of a variety of organic materials and water; at the center of the tooth is the pulp, which is generally called the nerve of the tooth, housing blood vessels and nerve cells. Cementum is the composition covering the root of the tooth, created of a mix of hydroxyapatite, collagen, and water.
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∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoFingernails are actually cells that grow from the matrix which is hidden part of the nail and is located under the cuticle.
Fingernails are made up of a material called Keratin, which is also the material that makes up hair and animal horns/antlers. Bones are made up of, primarily, Osseous Tissue, which is the hard connective tissue that supports the skeletal system.
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∙ 13y agoNot exactly the same, but a protein called keratin is an important component of both.
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Is a horses hove the same as your fingernails?
It is the same material but muck thicker. Same with your hair. Fingernails, human hair, and a horses hoof are all the same material. So yes.
What is a rhinoceros' tusk made of?
Rhinos do not have tusks, but their horns are made from compacted hair and keratin (the same material as fingernails).
What is a rhinoaurus horn made out of?
Rhinoceros horns are made out of solid keratin. Keratin is the same material that fingernails and hair are made of. Also like fingernails, the horn can grow back if it is cut.
What is hair made of and what is it?
Hair is made out of Keratin, the same substances that make up your fingernails.
What is a tough material that makes up an arthropods exoskeleton?
I believe that exoskeletons are made of the same material as our own fingernails and hair, just compacted together.
Are rattlesnake rattles made of the same material as your fingernails?
Yes.
What are fingernails made up of?
The same things as hair.(as far as I kno)
What are fingernail made of?
Fingernails are made from a protein called "Keratin".
What is rhino tusk made of?
It is made of keratin, the same substance as hair and fingernails.
What keeps your hair flexible and waterproof?
Keratin the same thing your fingernails are made of!
What is a rhinocerus horn made of?
Keratin, the same substance that our hair and fingernails are composed of.
Of what material are fingernails made?
Fingernails are made of keratinhttp://www.answers.com/keratinfinger nails are made up of the same stuff that's in your hair its a substance called keratin which is an extremely hard protein.. This same substance is also found in skin, hooves, horns and teeth.
