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Originally Posted by pstinard  There are definitely arteries in nails (in the "quick"). Arteries carried blood away from the heart under pressure to remote body parts. Veins carry the blood under lower pressure back to the heart. Basic physiology. They may not be big arteries, but they are definitely arteries. |
*sigh* Arteries take the oxygenated blood to the capillaries....you don't get arterial bleeding from a nail that has been "quicked".