1. It is an area where the nail plate cells are formed. A. lunula C. rnatrix B. cuticle D. free edge 2. The dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate is known as the nail A fold C. bed B. groove D. cuticle 3. The slightly thickened layer of skin under the nail that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the nail plate is the A sidewall C. eponychium B. hyponychium D. epithelium 4. The portion of the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge is called A. matrix C. cuticle B. nail bed D. ligament 5. The is the whitish, half-moon shape underneath the base of the nail. A. lunula C. sidewall B. root D. free edge
The matrix is the area where fingernails and toenails begin their growth because it is where nail plate cells are formed. The Cuticle is dead skin at the natural nail plate.
The Hyponychium is is right under the free edge of the nail and above the fingertip. The nail bed is under the nail plate and supports it as it grows. Finally the lunula is the whitish area that is seen at the base of the nail.
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