Cos chapter 9

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Question Answer
21

The living skin at the base of the natural nail plate covering the matrix area is the _______

eponychium 

22

The thin layer of tissue that attaches the nail plate and the nail bed is the __________

bed epithelium 

23

The slightly thickened layer of skin under the nail that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the nail plate is the __________

hyponychium 

24

The dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate is known as the nail _______

cuticle 

25

The ______________ is the area where the nail plate cells are formed 

matrix