<Tr> <Th> FMA </Th> <Td> 77858 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anatomical terminology (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> <P> The lunula, or lunulae (pl .) (from Latin, meaning' little moon'), is the crescent - shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail . The lunula is the visible part of the root of the nail . </P> <P> In humans, it appears by week 14 of gestation, and has a primary structural role in defining the free edge of the distal nail plate (the part of the nail that grows outward). </P>

What's the white part of your nail called