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dead skin cells
Dead cells. Hair is also made out of dead cells
The same material your hair is made out of
They are made out of keratin. Keratin is made out of dead cells packed real tight
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoFingernails are made of the protein keratin.
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∙ 7y agoIts made out of the same material of your hair dead cells pileling on top of each other to protect your dermis and epidermis are. It is a protein called keratin.
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∙ 12y agoThey are made out of keratin. Keratin is made out of dead cells packed tight.
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∙ 14y agothey are made up of cells or a hard bone that is called a fingernail.
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∙ 9y agoThey are made from keratin.
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∙ 11y agoA finger nail is hardened hair
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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
Are fingernails biotic or abiotic?
A finger nail is biotic because a finger nail is actually living considering a lot of celluar activities take place, but abiotic factors are normally sunlight, wind, water, and etc.
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 culticle?
a cuticle is the dead finger nail cells also The cuticle is the waxy substance on the outside of leaves.
What are the names of the parts of the index finger?
From the nail down the distal phalances, distal interphalangeal joint, the middle phalanges and then the proximal interphalangeal joints. The base of the finger is comprised of the proximal phalanges and the knuckles.
What happens if you cut through your fingernail with a razor?
one this happened to me it hit my finger nail and it made a big crack on my finger nail and just today this happened it cut the tip of my finger nail and and the skin and it bledAnswer:it will cut your finger nail in a big crack in it and it will bleed
What is rhionos hons made off?
the same thaing as a finger nail
Who made finger nail polish?
The Chinese made nail polish a long, long, long, long, long, long, long time ago.
How long does your finger nail live?
Finger nail is dead - the same goes for hair.
What does an onyx pinky ring mean?
the word onyx is greek and it means nail of finger because they made venuses nail into stone
Is finger nail biotic or abiotic?
Abiotic means without life and these are made of dead cells growing from a nail bed of living cells.
What finger boost's the fastest growing nail?
your middle finger
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
Part of the nail that covers the tender part of your finger?
Nail plate
Can a finger nail conduct electricity?
a nail is a conductor of electricity
What is part of the nail that covers the tender part of your finger?
the nail plate
What does nanotechnology do to nail polish?
it makes the nail polish spread on you finger
