HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
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Question
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What is the protein that is very tough that makes hair, nails, and skin even tougher?
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Keratin
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Melanin
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Melanine
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Keratine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Keratin is a protein that helps form hair, nails and your skin’s outer layer (epidermis).
Detailed explanation-2: -keratin, fibrous structural protein of hair, nails, horn, hoofs, wool, feathers, and of the epithelial cells in the outermost layers of the skin. Keratin serves important structural and protective functions, particularly in the epithelium.
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