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Nails grow from an area of rapidly dividing cells known as the nail root.
The nail root is located at the tips of fingers and toes.
During cell division, the cells of the nail root fill with keratin and produce a tough, platelike nail that covers and protects the tips of fingers and toes.
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Are there cases where the toe nails grow faster than the fingernails?
My toenails definitely grow faster than my fingernails. I must be one of the unusual people in this world because everything I read sayd that fingernails grow faster. I know for a fact that my toenails grow faster, but I have no idea why. I wish my fingernails would grow as fast as my toenails! I don't think that toenails grow faster than fingernails, it's that toenails tend to be stronger so they don't break as easily. That's why it seems to some people that their toenails are growing faster than their fingernails; Fingernails are more susceptible to breakage because they are thinner.
Why do toenails grow faster than fingernails?
They don't. It's actually fingernails that grow faster than toe nails.. but why.. good question..
Why the fingers nails are grow faster than the toenails?
Yes, fingernails do grow faster than toenails.
What can happen if you don't properly care for your fingernails and toenails?
if you don't take care of your finger and toenails they can grow in and get infected, if that happens you have to go to the doctor.
Of or relating to or affecting the fingernails or toenails?
Onycho- is the root word prefix relating to fingernails and toenails.
Which collects more bacteria fingernails or toenails?
fingernails
Do you have gold in your toenails and fingernails?
No
Which is ceaner fingernails or toenails?
if you wash your hands a lot, fingernails
Relating to the fingernails or toenails?
Ungual
What protects the ends of fingers and toes?
Fingernails and toenails are plates of stratified squamous epithelial cells with hard keratin that protect the distal ends of the phalanges. The phalanges are the finger bones.You are describing finger nails and toe nails. For some interesting nail facts: fingernails grow faster than toenails. The fingernails on the right hand of a right-handed person grow faster than those on their left hand.
What can be measured in mm?
My fingernails grow about 10mm each year. My toenails grow at about one-half that rate. The dimensions of a book could conveniently be given in mm.
What things can be measured in mm?
My fingernails grow about 10mm each year. My toenails grow at about one-half that rate. The dimensions of a book could conveniently be given in mm.
