Cuticle (disambiguation)

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Cuticle, or cuticula (Latin for "covering"), may refer to:

  • Plant cuticle, or cuticula, a waxy polymeric film covering all aerial plant surfaces
  • Cuticle (nail), in human anatomy, the fold of skin at the proximal end of the nail
  • Cuticula (invertebrate), the outside of the epidermis of many invertebrates
  • Enamel cuticle, a covering of the crown of a newly erupted tooth, quickly destroyed by chewing
  • Cuticle (hair), or cuticula pili, a layer of overlapping cells that surround the hair cortex and lock the hair shaft in its follicle