Fingernail Facts
Posted by Vikki Williamson on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
- Here are a few fingernail facts:
Fingernails grow from the white, half-moon shape oftenvisible at the base of the nail. This is called the "growth plate" or "lunula".
As more cells form in the growth plate, the older cellsare pushed forward. During this growth process, the cellsdie and become filled with a hard protein called keratin.It is keratin that makes the nails hard. A fingernail growsabout 1/10th of an inch per month. It takes 6 to 9 monthsto grow a nail from cuticle to fingertip.Fingernails also have a high sulfur content.This is why, if you accidentally burn your fingernail,say, in the flame of a candle, it stinks something awful.
Nails are ten times more porous than skin and canbecome chapped. Chapped nails are more likely to breakin response to environmental damage -- that is, when youuse your nails to pry something open, or when you catchthem on things, or when you do a lot of gardening.
Infants' fingernails are very thin. Their nails tend to gettorn rather than cut.
As people age, their fingernails get thin. Their toenails,however, get thick.
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