fingernails

     

In anatomy, a nail is a horn-like structure at the en of an animal's finger or toe. See also claw.

Trivia about fingernails

  • The primate order is characterized by having these instead of claws
  • They can take 6 months to grow from base to tip, or from cuticle to what you chew
  • Flesh-spades are these, as your manicurist should know
  • One of the body parts made of keratin that don't grow after death; it's an illusion as the body shrinks from dehydration
  • The lunula is the small white crescent-moon-shaped part of one of these