Atlas and Text-book of Human Anatomy: Vascular system, lymphatic system, nervous system and sense organs

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W. B. Saunders, 1907
 

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Page 309 - Each nail consists of a root, or part concealed within a fold of skin; a body, or exposed part attached to the surface of the skin; and a free anterior extremity called the edge. The skin below the root and body of the nail is termed the matrix, from its being the part from which the nail is produced.

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