Human Body Structure

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What is the main component of the hair shaft?

Collagen

Keratin (correct)

Melanin

Elastin

What is the function of the lunula in the nail anatomy?

To protect the nail bed from infection

To provide a strong foundation for the nail plate

To aid in the growth of the nail plate

To give the nail plate its white, moon-shaped appearance (correct)

What is the name of the thin skin at the base of the nail plate?

Matrix

Nail bed

Cuticle (correct)

Lunula

What is the name of the part of the nail that is responsible for making it grow?

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What is the function of the hair follicle?

To keep the hair in the skin Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the skin under the nail plate?

Nail bed Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the half-moon shaped area at the base of the fingernail?

Lunula Signup and view all the answers

What is the outermost layer of the skin that covers the nail plate?

Stratum Corneum Signup and view all the answers

What is the structure that anchors the nail plate to the nail bed?

Nail matrix Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the growth area of the nail underneath the cuticle?

Nail matrix Signup and view all the answers

What is the thin layer of skin that covers the nail plate?

Cuticle Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the area underneath the nail plate?

Nail bed Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the separation of a nail from its nail bed?

Onycholysis Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for an inflammation or infection of the tissue surrounding the nail?

Paronychia Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a rash that appears as ridges or grooves on the nail?

Lichen planus Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a nail fungus that affects the fingernails or toenails?

Onychomycosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the area underneath the nail plate?

Nail bed Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the growth or thickening of the skin around the nail?

Not mentioned in the text Signup and view all the answers

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Questions and Answers

What is the main component of the hair shaft?

What is the function of the lunula in the nail anatomy?

What is the name of the thin skin at the base of the nail plate?

What is the name of the part of the nail that is responsible for making it grow?

What is the function of the hair follicle?

What is the name of the skin under the nail plate?

What is the term for the half-moon shaped area at the base of the fingernail?

What is the outermost layer of the skin that covers the nail plate?

What is the structure that anchors the nail plate to the nail bed?

What is the term for the growth area of the nail underneath the cuticle?

What is the thin layer of skin that covers the nail plate?

What is the term for the area underneath the nail plate?

What is the term for the separation of a nail from its nail bed?

What is the term for an inflammation or infection of the tissue surrounding the nail?

What is the term for a rash that appears as ridges or grooves on the nail?

What is the term for a nail fungus that affects the fingernails or toenails?

What is the name of the area underneath the nail plate?

What is the term for the growth or thickening of the skin around the nail?

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