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The cuticle is the layer of non living tissue that connects the nail plate to the epidermis. It protects the matrix from contaminants that could cause infection.
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∙ 9y agoThe function of the cuticle is to protect the matrix from contaminants that could cause infection.
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What is the cuticle around a nail?
a cuticle
What is the culticle?
a cuticle is the dead finger nail cells also The cuticle is the waxy substance on the outside of leaves.
How do you use cuticle in a sentence?
I went to the nail salon and asked them to push back the cuticle on my ring finger.
What is the living part of a nail?
The only living part of the nail is the Matrix which is situated just below the cuticle.
The dead colorless tissue attached to the nail plate?
Cuticle
What has a lunule and a cuticle?
nail .
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.
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 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 'sports' a lunula and a cuticle?
Nail
What is the cuticle around a nail?
a cuticle
What secures the nail to the digit?
The Cuticle secures the nail to the digit i believe
What does cuticle mean?
some nail surface
What is the side of finger nail called?
The cuticle
What is it called when there is no cuticle in the nail?
Aplasia cutis
Name the basic parts of the nail unit?
The basic parts of the nail unit include the nail root,nail bed,nail plate,cuticle,perionychium and the hyponychium.The nail plate,the nail bed,the cuticle,the matrix,the nail folds and the lunula are the basic parts of the nail unit.
What does the cuticle look like?
the bit on ya nail
