Cuticle (disambiguation)

Cuticle, or cuticula (Latin for "covering"), may refer to:

• Plant cuticle, or cuticula, a waxy polymeric film covering all aerial plant surfaces
• Cuticle (nail), in human anatomy, the fold of skin at the proximal end of the nail
• Cuticula (invertebrate), the outside of the epidermis of many invertebrates
• Enamel cuticle, a covering of the crown of a newly erupted tooth, quickly destroyed by chewing
• Cuticle (hair), or cuticula pili, a layer of overlapping cells that surround the hair cortex and lock the hair shaft in its follicle

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