4. Nail Plate – Hard portion. Most visible.

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

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

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

8. Nail bed - the skin underneath the nail plate.

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

11. Hair follicle – Includes bulb and papilla.

12. Hair follicle - Includes bulb and papilla Papilla – Contains tiny capillaries that feed the cells. Bulb – Surrounds papilla. Cells here divide every 24- 72 hours. (Fastest in the body)

13. Name:Xie Qiuping Length: 18 ft. 5.54 inches (5.627 cm) Measured: Guangxi Province, China Date of Record: May 8, 2004

14. 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).