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==Human anatomy==
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In [[human anatomy]], "cuticle" can refer to several structures, but it is used in general parlance, and even by medical professionals, to refer to the thickened layer of skin surrounding fingernails and toenails (the [[eponychium]]), and to refer to the superficial layer of overlapping cells covering the [[hair]] shaft ([[Cuticle (hair)|cuticula pili]]), consisting of dead cells, that locks the hair into its [[hair follicle|follicle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cuticle |title=CUTICLE | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary |publisher=Dictionary.cambridge.org |date=2022-05-25 |accessdate=2022-05-31}}</ref> It can also be used as a synonym for the [[Epidermis (skin)|epidermis]],<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=Cuticle|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/cuticle|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401181531/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/cuticle|url-status=dead}}</ref> the outer layer of skin.
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