the pearly coloured and crescent shaped is due to the cells being pushed closely together, the blood capillaries cannot, Lunula, the overlapping epidermis around the nail. It is the transparent skin, which is called the 'true cuticle', Cuticle, the part of the nail that can be filed and shaped. It is an extension of the nail plate., Free Edge, the only living reproducing part of the nail. This is situated directly below the cuticle. , Matrix, the part of the nail where the nail plate rests on, also a continuation of the matrix. , Nail bed, the folds of skin that overlap the sides of the nail. , Nail walls, is visible nail that rests on the nail bed up to the free edge. , Nail plate/ Body of nail, is the tissue that encloses the nail matrix at the root of the nail. , Nail fold.

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