Sunday, March 8, 2009

Cosmo School: Did you know?...

Fun facts I have learned so far:
  • The thumb nail grows the slowest of all fingernails, the middle finger grows the fastest.
  • The technical name for the nail is the "onyx."
  • Hangnails are also known as agnails and are caused by a disorder called onychocryptosis.
  • Skin is considered to be the largest organ in the human body.
  • Dark skin is a better barrier to damaging sun rays, (sucks for me).
  • The technical name for freckles is lentigines. 
So, me and my face full of lentigines are looking forward to learning about hair this week. Yippee!

2 comments:

Lauren Thompsinario said...

you're onychocryptosis! my cousin got that...i hear you get a rash on your hmmhmm...gross!

Anonymous said...

I thought an onyx was an animal in Africa!