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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
This page introduces the development of nails, fingernails and toenails, these integumentary specializations in other species have been specialised as claws and hooves.
This page introduces the development of nails, fingernails and toenails, these integumentary specializations in other species have been specialised as claws and hooves.
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* '''Lyonization pattern of normal human nails.'''<ref><pubmed>18429815</pubmed></ref> "To examine the X-inactivation patterns of normal human nails, we performed the human androgen receptor gene assay of DNA samples extracted separately from each finger and toe nail plates of nine female volunteers. The X-inactivation pattern of each nail was unique and constant for at least 2 years. ...These findings suggest that the composition of precursor cells of each nail is maintained at each site at least through several cycles of regeneration time, and that the nail plate has a longitudinal band pattern, each band consisting of cells with only one of the two X-chromosomes inactivated."
* '''Lyonization pattern of normal human nails.'''<ref><pubmed>18429815</pubmed></ref> "To examine the X-inactivation patterns of normal human nails, we performed the human androgen receptor gene assay of DNA samples extracted separately from each finger and toe nail plates of nine female volunteers. The X-inactivation pattern of each nail was unique and constant for at least 2 years. ...These findings suggest that the composition of precursor cells of each nail is maintained at each site at least through several cycles of regeneration time, and that the nail plate has a longitudinal band pattern, each band consisting of cells with only one of the two X-chromosomes inactivated."
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[[File:Gray0943.jpg|thumb|The Nail]]
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Revision as of 19:26, 19 May 2013

Introduction

This page introduces the development of nails, fingernails and toenails, these integumentary specializations in other species have been specialised as claws and hooves.

Each nail is convex on its outer surface, concave within, and is implanted by a portion, called the root, into a groove in the skin; the exposed portion is called the body, and the distal extremity the free edge.

Neonatal nail
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Some Recent Findings

  • Incomplete development of the nail of the hallux in the newborn.[1] "Between March and October 2008, the nails of 541 (252 females, 289 males) consecutively born neonates with an average age of 3.2 days were examined in the Neonatology Unit. Of these newborns with nail disorders, 36 were re-examined after a period that ranged from seven days to six months. The most frequent nail alteration was the incomplete development of the hallux nail, which was triangular - sometimes trapezoidal - shaped. This alteration, which had been previously reported in the literature as congenital hypertrophy of the lateral folds of the hallux, spontaneously regressed within one to three months in the infants re-examined. There was no associated inflammation or onychocryptosis at any time. The apparent hypertrophy of the nail folds seemed to be secondary to the lack of pressure of the nail lamina."
  • Lyonization pattern of normal human nails.[2] "To examine the X-inactivation patterns of normal human nails, we performed the human androgen receptor gene assay of DNA samples extracted separately from each finger and toe nail plates of nine female volunteers. The X-inactivation pattern of each nail was unique and constant for at least 2 years. ...These findings suggest that the composition of precursor cells of each nail is maintained at each site at least through several cycles of regeneration time, and that the nail plate has a longitudinal band pattern, each band consisting of cells with only one of the two X-chromosomes inactivated."

Textbooks

The Nail
  • Human Embryology (2nd ed.) Larson Chapter 14 p443-455
  • The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology (6th ed.) Moore and Persaud Chapter 20: P513-529
  • Before We Are Born (5th ed.) Moore and Persaud Chapter 21: P481-496
  • Essentials of Human Embryology Larson Chapter 14: P303-315
  • Human Embryology, Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald
  • Color Atlas of Clinical Embryology Moore Persaud and Shiota Chapter 15: p231-236

Development Overview

Fingernail cartoon.jpg
  • Forelimb before hindlimb - week 10 fingernails, week 14 toe nails
  • nail field - appears at tip and migrates to dorsal surface
  • thickened epidermis - surrounding cells form nail fold
  • keratinization of proximal nail fold forms nail plate

Nails reach Digit Tip

  • week 32 fingernails
  • week 36 toenails


Note that nail growth can be used as an indicator of prematurity.

Abnormalities

Ectopic Nail

Ectopic nail.jpg

Congenital ectopic nails are an extremely rare deformity.[3]

Anonychia

A very rare abnormality resulting in an absence of nails. Can result from both genetic and environmental defects and be associated with a range of other abnormalities. Simple anonychia is the congenital absence of the nails without any other coexisting major congenital anomaly.

Hyponychia

Nail-patella syndrome

Ectodermal dysplasias

Witkop syndrome

An autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by the absence of several teeth and abnormalities of the nails.

References

  1. <pubmed>20579456</pubmed>
  2. <pubmed>18429815</pubmed>
  3. <pubmed>19736447</pubmed>| Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol.

Journals

Reviews

<pubmed>19932326</pubmed> <pubmed>18459147</pubmed> <pubmed>15468149</pubmed> <pubmed>12949775</pubmed> <pubmed>11710767</pubmed>

Articles

<pubmed>21387539</pubmed>

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Category:Integumentary

Terms

  • cuticle - tissue that overlaps the plate and rims the base of the nail
  • hyponychium - the epithelium located beneath the nail plate
  • lunula - half-moon at the base of the nail
  • matrix - hidden part of the nail unit under the cuticle
  • nail bed - skin beneath the nail plate
  • nail folds - skin folds that frame and support the nail on three sides
  • nail plate - visible part of the nail
  • trachyonychia - nail plate roughness, pitting, and ridging affecting one or all twenty nails.

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