Fill-in the sentence with the appropriate part of the nail. Then place the structures in order from proximal to distal. The ____ is the part of the nail that can overhang the tip of the finger. The ____ is deep to the eponychium. The ____ contains mitotic cells. The ____ contains layers of compacted, highly keratinized epithelial cells.
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