The Anatomy of Our Nails – Do We Know It?
Anatomy simply mean the structure of our nails, and the question is – do we really know about our nails? Why it is so important to know the parts that compose the nails? Let us answer this question here. The saying goes straight that our nails are the mirror of our overall health and entire body. This is why it is more important to know about nails and their anatomy. Trying to define a nail, we can say that the Nail is a cornea formation occurring in our body as a semi-clear layer placed at the end of our fingers, composed primarily of compact and hardened keratin. In humans, the nail is shaped as a convex appearance and it has a slightly pink color due to the color of the underlying skin and blood shining through the derma. The nail is well anchored to its nail bed, a skin strip moistened by various blood vessels from where it receives required nutrition for the correct growth. The fundamental parts of our nails are the Matrix, the nail bed and the hyponychium, the nail plate, the lum...