Nails
Embark on a dermatological adventure with Learning Mole’s “High Five Facts About Nails”! This video is a journey into the fascinating world of nails, where keratinized structures at the tips of our fingers and toes play essential roles. From nail growth to the functions of cuticles, we’re about to uncover the intriguing and essential facts that make nails unique components of our integumentary system. So, raise your hand for a high-five and join us as we explore the high-fiving facts about nails. It’s a celebration of nail anatomy, grooming rituals, and the versatile functions of these small yet significant features! 💅🔍👋✋
Transcription for Nails
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Today we are going to learn five night facts about nails. Number one our nails are made of dead cells for this reason. It doesn’t hurt when we cut our fingernails and toenails. Similar to Howard doesn’t hurt when we cut our hair. The part of the nail that is under our skin is the only part of the nail that is actually alive. Blood flows to this part of the nail, which is the root of your nail to help it grow. The white part on the bottom part of your nail is called a lunar lock.
Fact number two fingernails grow and an average of 3.5 millimeters per month, but toenails grow at nearly half this rate. Fingernails on dominant hand grow faster men’s fingernails grow faster than women’s nails. Fingernails grow faster in summer then in winter. This is because your body takes in more vitamin D during the summer resulting in Greater Nail Group, your thumbnail grows to slowest while your middle fingernail grows the fastest. fingernail growth slows down as we age according to the goodness world records the longest fingernails in the world belong to Deanna Armstrong whose fingernails are 42 feet 10.4 inches in length.
fact number three fingernails are made up of three layers of tissue cold. Keratin. Keratin is naturally present in your hair and nails. This is also found in other animals, including Horseshoes and bird feathers. The name comes from the Greek word Keras which means horn keratin is a very tough and insoluble material. Number four fingernails offer protecting not only the fingertips but also the surrounding soft tissue from any external injuries or two Nails. Also protect our toes from being damaged. The nails offer the first line of protection for our fingers and toes the skin that surrounds your finger is a cuticle and it also serve to purpose our hands come in contact with a lot of bacteria every day and a cuticle stops these germs from entering body through our hands for these reasons.
You should not bite or pick at your nails. To number five the first documented use of nail polishing was in roughly 3,000 BC in China during this time people created their nail paint using ingredients like beeswax egg whites and vegetable dies as a beginning basic colors such as black and red or used in ancient times nail polish often showed someone’s status and rank in society now art has come a very long way since then. I hope you enjoyed my five neat facts about Nails. See you soon.
