fingernail

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Introduction

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.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.