What are finger bones called?
The finger and toe bones is called the phalanges. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the bones of the fingers and toes.
What it is
- The bones of the fingers and toes.
- Each finger has three phalanges (proximal, middle, distal); the thumb has two.
- Toes follow the same pattern, with the big toe having two.
Where it is
- Beyond the metacarpals in the hand and the metatarsals in the foot.
- Form the length of each finger and toe.
- Joined by hinge joints (the interphalangeal joints).
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