A cuticle (/ˈkjuːtɪkəl/), or cuticula, is any of a variety of tough but flexible, non-mineral outer coverings of an organism, or parts of an organism...

The hair cuticle is the outermost part of the hair shaft. It is formed from dead cells, overlapping in layers, which form scales that strengthen and protect...

A plant cuticle is a protecting film covering the outermost skin layer (epidermis) of leaves, young shoots and other aerial plant organs (aerial here...

treatment usually costs around $40. Tools Acetone Cotton balls Cuticle cream Cuticle pusher or Cuticle nipper Foot bath Lotion Nail buffer Nail file Nail polish...

Arthropods are covered with a tough, resilient integument, cuticle or exoskeleton of chitin. Generally the exoskeleton will have thickened areas in which...

Cuticle analysis, also known as fossil cuticle analysis and cuticular analysis, is an archaeobotanical method that uses plant cuticles to reconstruct the...

of nails, pushing and clipping (with a cuticle pusher and cuticle nippers) any nonliving tissue at the cuticle and removing hangnails, treatments with...

Look up cuticle or cuticula in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cuticle, or cuticula, is any of a variety of tough but flexible, non-mineral outer coverings...

Primary enamel cuticle, also called Nasmyth's membrane, is thin membrane of tissue also known as reduced enamel epithelium (REE) produced by the ameloblast...

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...

invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated...

Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa. Since the cuticle of these animals typically forms a largely inelastic...

esters of sterols. Plants secrete waxes into and on the surface of their cuticles as a way to control evaporation, wettability and hydration. The epicuticular...

Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle is a 1999 short film directed by Steve Oedekerk. Using dressed up and coifed thumbs as puppets, Oedekerk created a parody...

others.[citation needed] Together, the eponychium and the cuticle form a protective seal. The cuticle is the semi-circular layer of almost invisible dead skin...

Cuticle Detective Inaba (Japanese: キューティクル探偵因幡, Hepburn: Kyūtikuru Tantei Inaba) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mochi. It was serialized...

Naked cuticle 1 (NKD1) is a human gene that encodes the protein Nkd1, a member of the Naked cuticle (Nkd) family of proteins that regulate the Wnt signaling...

factors for paronychia include frequent hand washing and trauma to the cuticle, such as from chronic nail biting or hangnails. Treatment typically involves...

is one of two waxy polymers that are the main components of the plant cuticle, which covers all aerial surfaces of plants, the other being cutan. It...

Naked cuticle (Nkd) is a conserved family of intracellular proteins encoded in most animal genomes. The original mutants were discovered by 1995 Nobel...

hairs, with each branch of the bifurcation being covered with its own cuticle.: 768  Pili bifurcati is defined by uneven bifurcation of the hair shaft...

fruit body. The pileipellis is more or less synonymous with the cuticle, but the cuticle generally describes this layer as a macroscopic feature, while...

are without joints, while the feet have four to eight claws each. The cuticle contains chitin and protein and is moulted periodically. The first three...

absolution") is the separation of the cuticle from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups (Ecdysozoa). Since the cuticle of these animals is also the skeletal...

communicates using sound vibrations. The hornet has a yellow stripe on its cuticle (exoskeleton), which can absorb sunlight to generate a small electrical...

isolation of related sheep and human cuticle keratin genes, conserved DNA motifs and expression patterns during cuticle cell differentiation have been discovered...

often occurring on the thumbs, as well as marked damage to or absence of cuticles. Habit-tic deformity is recognizable for its horizontal ridges that create...

Taenidia (singular: taenidium) are circumferential thickenings of the cuticle inside a trachea or tracheole in an insect's respiratory system. The geometry...

This is a glossary of terms used in the description of arthropod cuticle, including that of insects such as ants. These animals can have surface textures...

habits, and the water flow rate of fecal matter, as well as cuticle transpiration. The cuticle is made up of many layers where much secretion is stored between...