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Describe how nails are formed, and relate the structure of nails to their function.
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Stratified squamous epithelial cells in the region known as the nail root form nails. The whitish half-moon-shaped area called the lunula marks the nail root. As these cells are pushed outward, they are keratinized into a hard tissue that slides forward over the nail bed to which it remains attached.
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