Nail Structure & Growth

Front

What makes up most of the natural nail?

Back

Keratin

Front

What is a cuticle?

Back

Colorless tissue attached to natural nail plate

Front

What effects the growth of the nail? Nutrition, Age, Season, All of the above

Back

All of the above

Front

How many layers are there in a nail?

Back

100

Front

What do specialized ligaments do?

Back

Connect nail bed to matrix

Front

What is the real term for "natural nail"?

Back

Onyx

Front

What is a healthy nail?

Back

A healthy nail is firm, flexible, and shiny.

Front

Hardened keratin plate that sits on and covers the nail bed.

Back

Nail Plate

Front

The area where the nail plate cells form?

Back

matrix

Front

A tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place.

Back

ligament