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Growing Beans Handout - Plant Growth Scientific Experiment

The document discusses the different structures of the nail including the free edge, nail plate, nail bed, matrix, lunula, cuticle, and nail wall. It provides descriptions of each structure and their functions in nail growth and protection of fingers and toes.

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Growing Beans Handout - Plant Growth Scientific Experiment

The document discusses the different structures of the nail including the free edge, nail plate, nail bed, matrix, lunula, cuticle, and nail wall. It provides descriptions of each structure and their functions in nail growth and protection of fingers and toes.

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Cristy Falcasantos Aranjuez
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late
d p ortio n of the nail p
En
h e xte n d s beyond the
whic
is shaped
fingertip. it
icure.
during man

te
2. Nail Pla n the
is ible n ail that rests o
is v .
d u p to the free edge
nail b e
Structures Beneath the Nail e up from d
ead
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s a n d m in imum amo
ce ll
.
of moisture
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ere
e p art of the nail wh
th
te rests on.
the nail pla
It is supplie
d with bloo
d
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nerves. g repro
the only livin
vessels and
nail. w the
s itu a te d directly belo
This is
cuticle. re and con
tinually
lls fo rm h e
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h to w a rd s to produce
pus
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s blood ves
sels and
r crescent o c on ta in the ells
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p e found at the base nerves. b
hment.
sha with nouris ge the nail
grow
here the is da m a
of the nail w If the matr ic
the
nects with deformed.
matrix con
nail bed.

Structures Around the Nail

6. Cuticle 7. Nail Wall


rmis
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p
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nail. the fo
around the h f the nail.
nsp arent skin, whic the sides o
ail in place
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the 'tru e cuticle', tha They h old yo u r n
is called the nail pla
te
during the d pro te c t
is removed an
process edges.
manicuring
NAIL
STRUCTURE
What is Nail? What is Keratin?
Nail is a plate of Contains fibrous
keratin that lies on protein and also a
the tips of fingers protective protein for
and toes. our hair, skin and
nails

t is the pu rpose
Wha
of Nail?
he m a in p urpose of
T
n a il is t o protect
the
er s a nd toes.
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term of nail

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