Complete question:
True or False: The reason that the nail bed appears pink is the presence of a larger number of melanocytes in the underlying dermis.
Answer:
False
Explanation:
Nails are composed of the lamina, which is a smooth, shiny, translucent, and keratinized structure. The nails are born the nail matrix. The newly formed nail slice along the mail bed, which is the plane surface under the nails.
The nail bed places under the nail and is composed of a thin epithelium, with no granulous stratum, and a few layers of parakeratotic cells attached to the nail.
The nail matrix and nail bed have melanocytes. Half of the melanocytes of the matrix produce melanin, while melanocytes of the nail bed are inactive.
The nail bed is laying over many small vessels that nourish it and provides a pink color to the nails.
