Phalanges

File:Phalanges of the hand (left hand) - animation01.gif

Phalanges of the left hand

Phalanges are bones. There are 14 of them in each hand and foot. The phalanges (distal, middle and proximal) in the hand are the fingers and those in the feet are the toes. Human toe bones are usually shorter than the bones in the hand.

Phalanges Media

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  The phalanges in a human hand

• Distal-phalanges-thumb-index Journal.pone.0011727.g001.png

  Thumb and index finger of right hand during pad-to-pad precision grasping in ulnar view.

• Distal-phalanges-comparison-Journal.pone.0011727.g002.png

  Morphological comparisons of pollical distal phalanges in African apes, extant humans and selected hominins. Although with several morphological differences, all the features related to refined manipulation in modern humans are already present in the late Miocene Orrorin.

• Phalanges of left foot - animation01.gif

  Phalanges of left foot - animation01

• Phalanges of left foot - animation02.gif

  Phalanges of left foot - animation02

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• Carpus2.jpg

  Carpus

• Unilateral extra phalangeal crease.jpg

  Unilateral extra phalangeal crease

• 814 Radiograph of Hand.jpg

  Joints of the hand in an X-ray image

• Finger phalanges movement.png

  Movement of the three finger phalanges; Distal, middle and proximal

Related pages

• Carpals
• Metacarpal
• Tarsals
• Metatarsals
• Bones of the hand
• Bones of the foot

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