Human Finger and Toenail Facts

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.

6. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

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.