Phalanges
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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
The phalanges in a human hand
Thumb and index finger of right hand during pad-to-pad precision grasping in ulnar view.
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 foot* Distal phalanges of foot*
Phalanges of foot* Distal phalanges of foot*
- Q
- Carpus
Unilateral extra phalangeal crease
Joints of the hand in an X-ray image
Movement of the three finger phalanges; Distal, middle and proximal
