What are finger nails and toenails made of?

Answer 1

Your toenails and fingernails protect the tissues of your toes and fingers. They are made up of layers of a hardened protein called keratin, which is also in your hair and skin. Your nails' health can be a clue to your overall health. Healthy nails are usually smooth and consistent in color. Specific types of nail discoloration and changes in growth rate can signal various lung, heart, kidney and liver diseases, as well as Diabetes and anemia. White spots and vertical ridges are harmless.

Nail problems that sometimes require treatment include bacterial and fungal infections, ingrown nails, tumors and warts. Keeping nails clean, dry and trimmed can help you avoid some problems. Do not remove the cuticle, which can cause infection.

Answer 2

Your nail is made out of keratin. What kertian is made out of is: dead cells packed real tight together ( that's why it is hard.

Anatomically fingernails and toenails, which are made of a tough protein called cartilage 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.
• 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.

Answer 3

toe nails are made out of keratins,the same substance that mades up hair and finger nails.
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Answer 4

Your fingernails and your toenails are made from a protein called keratin.

Answer 5

hardened Hair! TRUE!!! Nails are made up of mostly dead keratin cells. Hair may be made up of keratin cells as well, but to say that they are hardened hair is not an accurate description.

Answer 6

They are made out of Keratin

Answer 7

galvanized steel

Answer 8

cotton