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What is the side of finger nail called?
The cuticle
Why are nail technicians not allowed to cut the skin around the base of the nail plate?
The skin around the base of the nail plate is called the cuticle. When the cuticle is removed, bacteria and other infection can get to your nail without the nail being protected by the cuticle.
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 Living skin at the base of the nail plate called?
Cuticle
Is the crescent-shaped white area of the nail?
This is called the lunula.
What has a lunule and a cuticle?
nail .
Where is the cuticle on the nail located?
on the very bak part of it. Updated Answer - The cuticle is the bit where the nail meets the skin
What is the thin layer of skin around the edge of a nail called?
This area of skin is called the cuticle
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.
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.
What is the 'sports' a lunula and a cuticle?
Nail
What is the cuticle around a nail?
a cuticle
