Nail Plate – Hard portion. Most visible.

Lunula - whitish, half-moon shape at the base of your nail underneath the plate.

Cuticle - tissue that overlaps the base of your nail plate and protects the new keratin cells that grow on the nail bed.

Nail folds - the skin that frames three sides of your nail.

Nail bed - the skin underneath the nail plate.

Hair shaft - made up of dead, hard protein called keratin in three layers.

Hair follicle – Includes bulb and papilla.

Hair follicle - Includes bulb and papilla Papilla – Contains tiny capillaries that feed the cells. Bulb – Surrounds papilla. Cells here divide every hours. (Fastest in the body)

Name:Xie Qiuping Length: 18 ft inches (5.627 cm) Measured: Guangxi Province, China Date of Record: May 8, 2004

Lee Redmond (USA). Ms. Redmond, who hasn’t cut her nails since 1979, has grown and carefully manicured them to reach a total length of 7 m 51.3 cm (24 ft 7.8 in).