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How many inches of hair receive nutrients from the scalp?
Hair, like fingernails, is dead.
What cell makes hair and fingernails grow?
A keratinocyte is the cell from which hair and fingernails are derived.
What body part is the horn of a rhinoceros made of?
Its like your fingernails and hair...Its made of Keratin
Why is it not painful to get your hair cut?
Your hair contains no nerve cells (the things that feel). Much like your fingernails. It's prettymuch just dead.
Can you pluck hair with fingernails?
You can, but tweezers are better.
What is the protein found in fingernails and hair?
Keratin.
Are teeth hair?
No. no, but fingernails are. They are keratin, protein.
Why is hair soft?
Hair is soft due to the disulfide bonds in the alpha keratin (a protein) in hair. Too many disulfide bonds and you have a rigid structure like fingernails but a few disulfide bonds will give a soft flexible and stretchy fiber. The sulfur in hair and fingernails is also why they smell so bad when burned.
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.
How does the composition of a fingernail differ from that of a hair?
Fingernails are made of a tough protein called keratin, while hairs are also made of keratin but are softer and more flexible. Fingernails grow from the nail bed under the cuticle, whereas hair grows from follicles in the skin. Additionally, fingernails provide protection to the fingertips, while hair serves various functions like insulation and sensory input.
What is the system that includes your hair and fingernails?
skin system
Are teeth modified hair?
No. no, but fingernails are. They are keratin, protein.
