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Q: What type of organic compounds makes hair and fingernails?
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What cell makes hair and fingernails grow?

A keratinocyte is the cell from which hair and fingernails are derived.


Are fingernails an organic or inorganic compound?

Fingernails and hair are dead skin cells that have undergone Keratinization. Keratin that has solidified essentially. Keratin is made up of a family of proteins.


What makes up enzymes hair and fingernails?

Protein makes up enzymes, hair, and nails.


What is the name of protein that makes up hair?

Keratin is the protein that makes up hair. This protein also makes fingernails.


What can you infer about the flammability of hair?

There must be organic compound or compounds in hair which are inflammable.


Structures such as hair fingernails tendons and connective tissue are made from which type of organic molecule?

Protein.


What kind of protein is found in hair?

Your hair is composed of the protein keratin, which is the same protein that makes up fingernails, feathers, claws and hooves.


What are fingernail made of?

Fingernails are made from a protein called "Keratin".


What is a rhinocoeros horn made out of?

The horns of a rhinoceros are made of keratin, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails.


Is the amount of organic compounds received for analysis by crime labs the same as the amount of inorganic compounds received by the labs for analysis?

No, organic materials and inorganic materials are not the same. Organic are things like blood, hair, etc. Inorganic are things like clothing, weapons, etc.


What organic compound is least flexible?

In general, organic compounds that have rigid structures with multiple rings or bulky substituents tend to be the least flexible. Examples of such compounds include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and sterols. These compounds have limited rotational freedom due to the constraints imposed by their rigid structures.


What are the properties of fingernails?

Fingernails (and hair and horns) are made of keratin, a tough insoluble protein.