Fingernails (and hair and horns) are made of keratin, a tough insoluble protein.
The mineral that has a similar hardness to fingernails is gypsum. Gypsum has a Mohs hardness of around 2 on the scale, similar to that of fingernails.
Although fingernails are made of a protein called keratin which contains carbon, they are not significant carbon sinks. The amount of carbon stored in fingernails is relatively small compared to other carbon sinks in nature such as forests or oceans.
After death, blood circulation stops, causing blood to pool in the capillaries under the fingernails. This pooling of deoxygenated blood can give the fingernails a bluish appearance due to lack of oxygen.
Yes, both a cockroach's exoskeleton (skin) and human fingernails are made of a protein called chitin. However, the composition and structure of chitin in a cockroach's exoskeleton are different from the keratin in human fingernails.
Yes.
The fingernails are distal to the wrist. The wrist is proximal to the fingernails.
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you duct tape their fingernails and when they forget that the pick their fingernails and then its all done
People's fingernails are designed to protect the ends of our fingers, which are much more delicate than fingernails are.
they do have flat fingernails
their own, or fingernails. fingernails is on little riddle level 73...
yess. they reproduce more fingernails. yeaah.
Yes, fingernails have germs under them.
if you wash your hands a lot, fingernails
HIV is not in fingernails.
Yes, monkeys have fingernails. They use their fingernails for activities such as grooming, climbing, and picking up food.
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