Eponychium Explained
Eponychium |
Latin: | eponychium |
Width: | 170 |
In human anatomy, the eponychium is the thickened layer of skin at the base of the fingernails and toenails.[1] It can also be called the medial or proximal nail fold. The eponychium differs from the cuticle; the eponychium comprises live skin cells whilst the cuticle is dead skin cells. Its function is to protect the area between the nail and epidermis from exposure to bacteria. The vascularization pattern is similar to that of perionychium.[2]
In hoofed animals, the eponychium is the deciduous hoof capsule in fetuses and newborn foals, and is a part of the permanent hoof in older animals.[3]
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- Sangiorgi S, Manelli A, Congiu T . etal . February 2004 . Microvascularization of the human digit as studied by corrosion casting . J. Anat. . 204 . 2 . 123–31 . 15032919 . 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2004.00251.x . 1571248.
- Bragulla . H. . March 1991 . The deciduous hoof capsule (Capsula ungulae decidua) of the equine fetus and newborn foal . Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia . 20 . 1 . 66–74 . 1877762 . 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1991.tb00293.x . 221396589 .