Human nails are the equivalent of paws and hoofs of animals and are prone to infection unless we take good care of them. Nail hygiene is a neglected area of medicine and few doctors are aware of the details of Nail anatomy and the Dos and Donts of Nail care. Parts of the Human Nail: It is good to revise our knowledge of the parts of the human nail, which we studied in our Anatomy classes long ago.. The Nail Matrix is the tissue(or germinal matrix) which the nail protects. It is the part of the nail bed that is beneath the nail and contains nerves,lymph, and blood vessels.
The matrix is responsible for producing cells that become the nail plate. The Lunula ("small moon") is the visible part of the matrix, the whitish crescent-shaped base of the visible nail. The Nail Bed is the skin beneath the nail plate. Like all skin, it is made of two types of tissues: the deeper dermis, the living…
