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How does a nail grow if it is non living?

Anonymous

∙ 8y ago

Updated: 12/17/2022

Nails - and hair - grow due to deposits that are made by living cells.

A bit like humans stacking bricks.

The bricks are non-living, but the stack grows due to the living things that keep adding more bricks.

Wiki User

∙ 8y ago

What else can I help you with?

Are human nails living or nonliving?

The nail itself is non living, the nail bed (where the nail grows from) is living.

The living cells that cause a nail to grow are found in the?

i belive it is the nail root.

What non living things grow?

viruses are non-living yet they can grow and spread through bodies

How does the growth between living and non living things differ?

Living things like bugs grow. Non-living things like rocks or water, don't grow at all.

What is non living thing that grow?

A crystal

What do non living things grow by?

accumulation

Are walnuts living or non living?

Yes because I think they grow

A nail will grow from the?

A nail will grow from the nail matrix, located beneath the epidermis.

Are volcanoes non living or living?

A volcano is nonliving. Although they do grow, they do not develop, or breathe, or reproduce, or eat.

What were discovered in science about living and non living things?

Living things - consume ( eat food) - reproduce - respond (to stimulus) - grow And non living - no characteristics of living

Is Climate living or non- living?

Weather is i think non living because weather dosnet grow it just happenes

Is grass living or non living?

All plants are living. They grow, and they die.

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