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fingernail
Thin transparent plate covering the dorsal distal tip of each distal phalanx.
The underpart of the nail is formed from the stratum germinativum of the epidermis, the free surface from the stratum lucidum & the cuticle from the stratum corneum.
Related
cuticle
hyponychium
lunula
nail bed
nail fold (paronychium)
nail matrix
nail plate
paronychia
General
skin appendage
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
Component-of
finger/fingers