title: On the structure of the normal nail. A scanning electron microscope study.
abstract: A scanning electron microscopic (SEM) study of cut surfaces in normal human nails have confirmed the previous description of nail structure, i. e. the hard dorsal nail plate supported by the plastic intermediate nail plate.
mesh_terms: D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009262:Nails / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009626:Terminology as Topic