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Nail matrix cell
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Nail matrix keratinocytes form the nail plate. The matrix is the point of origin of this rigid structure.
As the cells become part of the plate, they transform: they flatten and lose their nuclei. The visible plate contains many of these transformed cells.
In brief
Nail matrix keratinocytes form the nail plate.
As they become part of the plate, they flatten and lose their nuclei.
The matrix is the plate’s point of origin; its cells flatten as they become part of it.
Sources (2)
- National Center for Biotechnology InformationAnatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Nails
- National Center for Biotechnology InformationHistology, Nail
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