A. Directions: Identify the different structure of nail. Choose the correct answer

provided inside the box.


Lunula
Cuticle
Free edge
Matrix

Nail bed

Nail walls
Nail plate


1. I t is the pearly colored and crescent-shaped area of a fingernail or

toenail.

2. It is the transparent skin, which is called the 'true cuticle' which is removed

during the manicuring process.

3. It is the part of the nail that can be filed and shaped.

4. It is the part of the nail situated directly beneath the cuticle. It produces the

cells that become the nail plate.

5. It is the part of the nail where the nail plate rests on, also a continuation of

the matrix and it is abundantly supplied with blood vessels and nerves.

6. The folds of the skin that overlap the sides of the nail. They hold your nail in

place and protect the nail plate edges.

7. It is the visible nail that rests on the nail bed up to the free edge.



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