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The earliest versions of this article seem to be based on a 1996 paper that can be viewed here. Should this be included as a source in the article? 152.16.16.75 (talk) 01:04, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What causes a peaked (triangle shaped) lunula? Helen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.160.208.1 (talk) 20:27, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

useless picture

The label 'white, crescent shape' could be descriptive of both the proximal (skin grows overtop start of nail nearest join) or distal (clawing part that you clip) part of the nail.

We should use commons:File:Fingernail_label.jpg instead. The labels are helpful. Going to add that instead. ScratchMarshall (talk) 15:46, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]