ch 9 nail structure and growth

 All of these things affect nail growth except .

• nutrition
• general health
• intelligence
• exercise

 After losing a toenail, how long does it take for a new nail to completely take its place? 

• 1 to 2 weeks
• 9 to 12 months 
• 3 years
• 1 month

 The dead colorless tissue attached to the nail plate 

• cuticle
• zombie
• ghost
• eponychium

 The slightly thickened layer of skin that lies  underneath the free edge of the nail plate

• eponychium
• hyponychium
• calus
• cuticle

 The lighter color shows the true color of the matrix 

• natural
• full moon
• lanula
• peanut butter

 A thin layer of tissue that attaches the nail  plate and the nail bed 

• Bed hypothelium
•  Bed epithelium 
• Bed Bugs
• Nail Malformation

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

• ligaments
• weird sisters
• protein
• puffs plus

 The portion of the living skin on which the  nail plate sits

• nail chair
• nail bed
• sleep number mattress
• nail plate

  Where the nail plate cells are formed

• Samuel L. Jackson
• Matrix
• Keanu Reeves
• Bed Epithelium

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

• free fallin
• free bird
• freedom
• free edge