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Are fingernails carbon sinks?
Fingernails are made of skin.
Why do you have fingernails?
We need fingernails for grip. Fingernails are calcium deposits. Fingernails give our fingers support. If we didn't have them our fingers tips would be too soft to grip things.Fingernails are NOT calcium deposits. They are keratin just like the top layer of skin and our hair. They do help give our fingers support and are meant to help protect our fingertips.Fingernails are a part of the normal function of the body which skin cells die and turn into the hard "nail" that grows constantly on your finger. They serve no known function, but are required for the life cycle of skin cells. This is the so called cemetery for skin cells.
Why do fingernails feel painful and red?
Your fingernails feel painful and red because your skin is attached to your nails.
How much of your fingernails are hidden underneath the skin?
Fingernails start to grow right under the base of the cuticle. There are probably only a few millimeters underneath the skin.
What is the stuff that is in fingernails?
It's you dead, hsrden skin!
What is the system that includes your hair and fingernails?
skin system
What is the composition of your fingernails?
The composition of your nails is yes skin.
What is the eponychium?
It is the thickened skin surrounding fingernails and toenails.
Why does the skin peeling around your fingernails hurt so much?
At the finger nail region there are nerve endings and hence very sensitive.
What structures are made up of live tissue in the skin?
Fingernails and hair not completely sure but i know fingernails is right
What does a fingernail do?
It protects the skin underneath it. Don't chew your fingernails because they are dead skin. Your skin produces this.
Are fingernails dead?
Yes. As is hair and the outer layer of the skin.
