Question

We do not sense any pain when we clip our nails or cut our hair.
Why?


NCERT Class VIII
Science - Exemplar Problems

Chapter 8. Cell - Structure and Functions

Answer 1

Because of Dead Tissue....................................Nails are usually made up of thick and multiple layers of a type of protein known as Keratin and are composed of dead tissues

Answer 2

We do not feel any pain when we cut our nails or hair because both nails and hair do not have nerves to send messages to the brain. They are dead cells.