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Eponychium



Eponychium
Fingernail
Longitudinal section through nail and its nail groove (sulcus). (Eponychium labeled at upper left.)
Gray's subject #234 1067
Dorlands/Elsevier e_13/12339446

The eponychium or cuticle in human anatomy refers to the thickened layer of skin surrounding fingernails and toenails.

The function is to protect the area between the nail and epidermis from exposure to harmful bacteria.

Beneath the cuticle is a thin layer of pterygium.

The vascularization pattern is similar to that of perionychium.[1]

References

  1. ^ Sangiorgi S, Manelli A, Congiu T, et al (2004). "Microvascularization of the human digit as studied by corrosion casting". J. Anat. 204 (2): 123–31. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2004.00251.x. PMID 15032919.
v • d • e
Integumentary system
Skin layerscutis: Epidermis (Stratum corneum, Stratum lucidum, Stratum granulosum, Stratum spinosum, Stratum germinativum/basale) • Dermis
Subcutaneous tissue
Skin appendagesglands: Sweat glands (Eccrine, Apocrine)  • Sebaceous glands

hair: Root of the hair, Hair follicle • Root sheath (Huxley's layer, Henle's layer)

nails: Eponychium • Lunula

nonhuman: Scale • Feather
 
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