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What is the whitish semilunar area of the proximal end of the nail body?
lunula
Where are nail cells formed?
They are composed of a protein called keratin.
What is the area where keratin and other cells mix with air under the nail is called?
Nail plate
What is half moon shaped white region at nail root?
lunula
What is the hard thing on your toe called?
Nail
Is the crescent-shaped white area of the nail?
This is called the lunula.
What is the white crescent shape on the nail matrix?
lunula
What is the layer of dead skin at the base of a nail called?
eponychium or cuticle, is the fold of skin at the proximal end of the nail.
What is the light colored half moon area at the base of the nail called?
That whitish crescent shaped area at the base of a finger nail is called the lunula.
Where is the lunula found?
the nail body nearest the root has a crescent-shaped white area known as a little moon
Thickened epithelial tissue at proximal end of nail body?
Eponychium
What is the whitish semilunar area of the proximal end of the nail body?
lunula
What is the definition cutical?
a crescent at the bottom of your nail
What is the middle part of the nail?
The middle part of the nail is called the nail plate or nail body. It is the hard, flat portion of the nail that extends from the base to the free edge.
Of what material are finger nails made?
Keratin - the same substance that makes up hair.Anatomically fingernails and toenails, which are made of a tough protein called keratin and are produced from living skin cells in the fingers and toes, 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 the hard and translucent portion, composed of keratin. * nail bed is the adherent connective tissue that underlies the nail, often colloquially referred to as the "quick." * 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. In common usage the word nail usually refers to the nail plate only
What are the three structure beneath the nail?
Nail StructureThe structure we know of as the nail is divided into six specific parts - the root, nail bed, nail plate, eponychium (cuticle), perionychium, and hyponychium. Each of these structures has a specific function, and if disrupted can result in an abnormal appearing fingernail.
What are the white parts of a finger nail called?
The half-moon shaped portion at the base of the nail, is called the cuticle, the white part of the nail is the lunula Possible correction: According to Wikipedia, The half-moon shaped portion at the base of the nail is actually the lunula. The cuticle is the thickened layer of skin surrounding fingernails and toenails, more correctly called the eponychium.
