Phalanx bone information

The phalanges /fəˈlændʒiːz/ (sg.: phalanx /ˈfælæŋks/) are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes...

sesamoid bone called the navicular bone, located within the hoof, that lies on the palmar aspect of the coffin joint between the second phalanx and third...

also is missing a middle bone. The hallux only contains two phalanx bones, the proximal and distal. The joints between each phalanx are the interphalangeal...

localized blueish discoloration.: 828  List of cutaneous conditions Hematoma Phalanx bone James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases...

the sauropods and horned dinosaurs. A claw is a highly modified ungual phalanx. As an adjective, ungual means related to nail, as in periungual (around...

joints of the foot are between the phalanx bones of the toes in the feet. Since the great toe only has two phalanx bones (proximal and distal phalanges)...

has one phalanx bone, the next has two, and the back has one (but some birds have one more phalanx on the first two fingers—the claw). The bones of three...

carpometacarpal joint and to the proximal thumb phalanx at the first metacarpophalangeal joint. The first metacarpal bone is short and thick with a shaft thicker...

the hoof. It incorporates the long pastern bone (proximal phalanx) and the short pastern bone (middle phalanx), which are held together by two sets of paired...

suspensory ligament. Impar ligament: runs between the navicular bone and the 3rd phalanx. Annular ligament: goes around the back of the fetlock, surrounding...

on the first phalanx. Often absent, the opponens digiti minimi originates near the cuboid bone and is inserted on the fifth metatarsal bone. These three...

LMBR1 gene and related parts of the genome. Rear dewclaws often have no phalanx bones and are attached by skin only. There is some debate as to whether dewclaws...

Percussion (medicine) – Peripheral nervous system – Peripheral vision – Phalanx bone – Pharmacology – Pharynx – Physician – Physical examination – Physiology...

basal phalanx bone of the second digit of the left manus measuring 46.44 mm (1.828 in); the other is the distal portion of a subterminal phalanx of the...

uses both their third and fourth toes but a single completely fused phalanx bone for weight-bearing. Ungulates whose habitat does not require fast running...

The coffin bone, also known as the pedal bone (U.S.), is the distal phalanx, the bottommost bone in the front and rear legs of horses, cattle, pigs and...

mainland, doubts have been raised about the existence of this species. A phalanx bone from the island of Marie-Galante confirmed the existence of a similar-sized...

sesamoid, fetlock joint, first phalanx (long pastern), pastern joint, second phalanx (short pastern), navicular bone, and coffin joint, outwardly evidenced...

result from the earlier truncation of the development of the middle phalanx bone in cheetahs. The cheetah has a total of 30 teeth; the dental formula...

volar base of the phalanx distal to the joint. From there, it forms a palmar continuation of the articular surface of the phalanx bone and its inner surface...

for both phalanx bones to flex more than 100° until the base of the middle phalanx makes contact with the condylar notch of the proximal phalanx. At the...

fingers each consist of three phalanx bones: proximal, middle, and distal. The thumb only consists of a proximal and distal phalanx. Together with the phalanges...

abductor digiti quinti. The head articulates with the fifth proximal phalanx, the first bone in the fifth toe. A strong band of the plantar aponeurosis connects...

duplication of the ulna, duplication of the carpal, metacarpal, and phalanx bones, and symmetric polydactyly. In some cases surgical amputation is performed...

bones known as metacarpal bones, one to each of the five digits. Human hands contain fourteen digital bones, also called phalanges, or phalanx bones:...

incorrectly called hypodactyly or confused with aphalangia, the absence of the phalanx bone on one or (commonly) more digits. When all the digits on a hand or foot...

truncated articular surface of its third metacarpal bone, and deformities on the first phalanx bone of the third finger. This finger was permanently deformed...

synonyms of Tarbosaurus bataar by Holtz in 2004. VGI, no. 231/3, a large phalanx bone, assigned to Tyrannosaurus sp. by Yarkov in 2000, was found in the Lower...