Integumentary System (Nails)

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  1. 6. ?? cell divisions repopulate all of the epidermal layers
  2. 10. The nails are composed largely of keratin, a hardened
  3. 12. The ?? (the tissue that overlaps the plate and rims the base of the nail)
  4. 15. Epidermal wound healing occurs for surface wounds restricted to the
  5. 17. As new cells grow in the matrix, the older cells are pushed out, compacted and take on the familiar flattened, hardened form of the
  6. 18. The pink color is due to ?? in blood vessels
  7. 19. The skin is only a few ?? thick yet is by far the largest organ in the body
  8. 20. Cells of the stratum ?? multiply and migrate to fill the wound
  9. 23. is the process by which vertebrate epithelial cells become filled with keratin protein filaments
  10. 24. Cells in nail matrix divide to provide for nail ??
  11. 25. Functions of the skin such as regulation of body
  12. 27. can be absorbed
  13. 29. A fingernail consists of several parts including the nail
  14. 30. Cutaneous Sensation: Temperature, ??, and several types of pressure are detected
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  1. 1. The nail ?? (the skin folds that frame and support the nail on three sides)
  2. 2. Regulation of body: Involves eccrine ?? glands and regulation of blood flow to the
  3. 3. The fingernails on the right hand of a ?? person grow faster than those on their left hand, and vice versa
  4. 4. The migrating cells stop migrating when they ?? each other
  5. 5. ?? Phase - Scab sloughs off, scars may form
  6. 7. Protection: Physical and chemical protection from ?? threats
  7. 8. ?? Phase - Blood clotting, inflammatory events, scab formation
  8. 9. Your nails, as you know, are located on your ?? and your toes
  9. 11. are made of packed keratinized epidermal cells
  10. 13. ?? Phase - Epithelial cells migrate into wound beneath scab
  11. 14. Synthesis of Vitamin D: ?? on the skin activates the final form of Vitamin D
  12. 16. ?? Phase - Growth of cells beneath scab
  13. 20. The nail ?? (the skin beneath the nail plate)
  14. 21. The ?? (the whitish half-moon at the base of the nail)
  15. 22. The function of the nail is to protect the ?? phalanx, the fingertip, and the surrounding soft tissues from injuries
  16. 26. It also serves to ?? precise delicate movements of the distal digits
  17. 28. The ?? (the hidden part of the nail unit under the cuticle)