Lunule of nail

System Integumentary
SNOMED CT 300538005

Lunule of nail

Definition

A crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail. The lunula is the visible part of the nail matrix (i.e. the root of the nail).

Also known as lunula, lunula unguis, nail lunule — per UBERON

The Lunule of nail is a part of the Integumentary.

Also identified as