CH 9 Nail Structure & Growth

The natural nail is part of what system?

The natural nail is the hard protective plate composed mainly of fiber-shaped _____.

Which statement is true about the nail plate?

As the ______ ____ grows, it slowly slides across the nail bed

What is the nail plate formed by?

The ___ ____ may appear to be one solid piece, but is actually constructed of about 100 layers of nail cells.

The part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe

the portion of living skin that supports the nail plate

What is richly supplied with blood and contains many nerves?

Nail Bed is attached to the nail plate by a thin layer of tissue called...?

The nail polish is applied to the ___ ___, not the nail bed

The area where the nail plate cells are formed

The lighter color of the ____ shows the true color of the matrix

the dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate

the living skin at the base of the natural nail plate covering te matrix area

the slightly thickened layer of skin under the nail that lies b/t the fingertip and the free edge of the nail plate

a tough band of fiborous tissue the connects bones or holds an organ in place

____ _____ attach the nail bed and matrix bed to the underlying bone.

Folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate

Karen....sweating....where in the nail unit is sweat most likely arising?