Sentences with phrase «outer sheaths of»

First, it removes the dead outer sheaths of the nails, keeping the claws sharp and ready for action.

Two additional benefits to scratching on these posts: cats stretch their back muscles and remove the outer sheaths of their nails.

It is a way for him to remove the dead outer sheaths of his nail, keeping it sharp all the time.

Climbing ropes today are nylon, usually with a core of long, twisted fibers that give the rope most of its strength, and an outer sheath of woven, colored fibers.

Scratching helps cats remove the old, split, dry outer sheath of the nail as the new nail grows underneath.

The practice removes the outer sheath of their nails, allowing it to grow healthy and strong.

They do this to remove the outer sheath of their claws (like when a snake sheds its new skin).

It removes the outer sheath of claw material, and it is also a way for cats to mark their territory, using the scent glands on their front paws.

Not exact matches

An optional turn on the griddle to crisp the tortilla's outer skin — what the menu calls dorado - style at La Taq — and then the burrito maker sheaths it in foil, pinches the ends, and drops it onto a plate or red plastic basket alongside a handful of chips.

TINY TOMATILLO A 52 - million - year - old fossil of a tomatillo includes the plant's papery outer sheath, and remnants of the blackened berry, which has since turned to coal.

Copper is required for hemoglobin production in red blood cells, production and function of white blood cells, the absorption, transport and use of iron, energy metabolism, the development, growth and maintenance of bone and connective tissue, the formation and maintenance of myelin sheath (outer surface of nerve fibers), adrenal hormone production, thyroid hormone production, muscle tone, immunity, reproduction, tissue repair, pigmentation of hair and skin, and proper growth and development of infants and children.

The other consideration is the condition of tenosynovitis which is actually a problem with the outer sheath that lines the tendon rather than the tendon fibres themselves.

The nail cap comes off with the normal shedding of the outer nail sheath.

Benign tumors typically have an outer fibrous sheath of connective tissue and grow more slowly than malignant tumors.

Scratching has health benefits for the cats as the activity helps in removing the outer dead sheath of the cat's nails.