ASSESSMENT - PARTS OF THE NAIL

It is the part of the nail where the nail plate rests on.

• Nail bed

• Nail root

• Nail plate

• Lunula

This part is crescent-shaped and pearly colored.

• Nail bed

• Nail root

• Nail plate

• Lunula

It attaches the nail to the rest of the skin through the protective cuticle.

• Eponychium

• Hyponychium

• Nail fold

• Nail wall

It is the transparent skin, which is called the 'true cuticle', that is removed during the manicuring process.

• Eponychium

• Hyponychium

• Nail fold

• Nail wall

The skin line where the nail plate separates from the nail bed

• Eponychium

• Hyponychium

• Nail fold

• Nail wall