Why does it not hurt when your fingernail touches the rack of an oven/cookie sheet?

I had to flip something I was cooking over and the fingernail of my pointer finger touched the bottom of the cookie sheet. It didn't hurt at all and I barely felt anything; I tried it again on the oven rack and it also didn't hurt. Are the nerves on the fingernails not sensitive or something?Why does it not hurt when your fingernail touches the rack of an oven/cookie sheet?
It doesn't hurt because your nails do not have nerve endings, they are a protein based growth from your body and have no feelings just like your hair. That is why it doesn't hurt to cut your nails or hair, unless you contact the skin.Why does it not hurt when your fingernail touches the rack of an oven/cookie sheet?
There are no nerves, like your hair. Its just dead material growing out of you.
There are no sensory nerves in your fingernails, that's also why it doesn't hurt if you bite/cut them.


Basically the same as if you cut your hair.
you don't have nerves in your nails.
Your fingernails are like dead skin cells


So they don't have any nerves....
Fingernails are like hair, they are only alive right where they form (root / nail bed) that is why it doesn't hurt to clip your nails or have your hair cut but if a hair or nail is pulled out, ow.
There are no nerves in your finger nails,


It's the same thing when you pull your hair, your head hurts, not the hair.


They both have dead cells.
because your finger nails dont have nerve endings
They don't have nerves in them, your fingernails are basically a growing dead part of your body.
finger nails are made up of dead cells,...and are really thick...that's why we don't sense much through them...besides, they don't have much of nerves to be sensitive enough
Your fingernails are not alive, there are no nerves in them, like your hair. This is why cutting your nails doesn't hurt! Extended contact would hurt and harm you, since the heat will go through the nail eventually and reach the living tissue below, but a short touch won't go through the thicker material that quickly.





The only living part of the nail is the ';quick';, at the base of the nail, which makes the nail itself; and the bed of tissue underneath.
cuz it has no sensation and it does not conduct heat
maybe it didn't transfer heat?
they have no sensors for anything,
because you don't have any nerves in your nails
There aren't nerves in fingernails.
Actually , There Are no nerves in your fingernails so you dont feel the pain!





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