Nails Quiz: questions and answers
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1. What is the Latin word for "nail"?
Unguis
2. Which tissue protects the nail?
The matrix
3. In which finger can lunula be visible?
Thumb
4. Which one is the hard part of the nail?
A nail plate
5. Which fingernail grows faster than the others in the human body?
Index finger
6. How fast do fingernails grow compared to the toenails?
4 times faster
7. What is the average growth rate of nails in a month?
3 mm
8. Which one is the primary component for nails?
Alpha-keratin
9. Which one is a common nail disorder?
Ingrowing toenail
10. When did Guinness World Records begin tracking fingernail lengths?
1955