Phalanges of the hand
Plan of ossification of the hand.
Bones of the left hand. Dorsal surface.
Latin	osssa digitorum manus, phalanges digitorum manus
Gray's	subject #56 230
Dorlands/Elsevier	o_07/12598287

The Phalanges of the hand are fourteen in number, three for each finger, and two for the thumb. Image File history File links Gray234. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (733x900, 79 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Elseviers logo Elsevier, the worlds largest publisher of medical and scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group. ... Fingers of the human left hand The finger is any of the digits of the hand in humans and other species such as the great apes. ... In human anatomy, the thumb is the first digit on a hand. ...

Each consists of a body and two extremities.

• The body tapers from above downward, is convex posteriorly, concave in front from above downward, flat from side to side; its sides are marked by rough which give attachment to the fibrous sheaths of the Flexor tendons.

• The proximal extremities of the bones of the first row present oval, concave articular surfaces, broader from side to side than from before backward. The proximal extremity of each of the bones of the second and third rows presents a double concavity separated by a median ridge.

• The distal extremities are smaller than the proximal, and each ends in two condyles separated by a shallow groove; the articular surface extends farther on the volar than on the dorsal surface, a condition best marked in the bones of the first row.

The ungual phalanges are convex on their dorsal and flat on their volar surfaces; they are recognized by their small size, and by a roughened, elevated surface of a horseshoe form on the volar surface of the distal extremity of each which serves to support the sensitive pulp of the finger.

See also

• Phalanx bones

The phalanges in a human hand Bones of the human hand. ...

External links

• Norman/Georgetown lesson5palmofhand

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