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Structure of the Skin

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$(i)$ Nails develop from skin.

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Answer: epidermis

Nails are hardened keratinous plate-like structures which grow as dead cells from the nail root, which lies below the skin at the base.

Nails develop from the outermost layer of the skin which is the epidermis.

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