Question 10

(Multiple Choice)

Which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) Nails grow continually and do not have a resting stage.
B) The nail consists of layers of living cells from the stratum corneum.
C) The cells of a nail are filled with a special hard type of keratin.
D) The nail matrix and nail bed have a stratum basale.
E) The production of cells within the nail matrix results in the growth of the nail.

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