Human Finger and Toenail
Facts
1. After death, the body starts to dry out creating an illusion that
the nails and hairs are growing even after death.
2. Nails and corneas are the only two tissues in the body that do not
receive oxygen from blood.
3. The length of the finger indicates how fast the nail grows. The
nail of the middle finger grows faster than others.
4. Fingernails contain keratin and they seem to be strongest
component in the human body.
5. Fingernails grow fastest on the hand that you write with and on
the longest fingers. On average, nails grow about one-tenth of an inch each
month.
7. It can take your finger and toenails 1/2 a year to grow an
entirely new nail (from base to tip).
8. Nails and hair do not continue to grow after we die.
9. Nails of toes or fingers take about 6 months to grow from base to
tip.
10. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.
11. The thumbnail grows the slowest; the middle nail grows the
fastest.
12. The white part of our fingernail is called as Lunula.
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