Answers to Questions Kids Ask! - Where "Why?" Turns to "Wow!"

Q:
Why doesn't it hurt when you cut your finger nails?
A:
It doesn’t hurt because there are no sensory nerves in your finger nails. If you hit your fingernail with a hammer, it hurts because the force is transmitted to the underlying finger with its rich supply of sensory nerves. But the fingernail itself is actually not living tissue, and it has no blood supply (which is why you don’t bleed when you cut your fingernails), no nerve supply, no pain.
Share this Question with Your Friends!
Link to this question!

Share This Site
Born on this day
January 14, 20211926 - Warren Mitchell
1934 - Richard Briers
1936 - Charlie Gracie
1937 - Billy Jo Spears
1938 - Jack Jones
1940 - Sir Trevor Nunn
1941 - Faye Dunaway
1962 - Patricia Morrison
1968 - LL Cool J
1934 - Richard Briers
1936 - Charlie Gracie
1937 - Billy Jo Spears
1938 - Jack Jones
1940 - Sir Trevor Nunn
1941 - Faye Dunaway
1962 - Patricia Morrison
1968 - LL Cool J