# 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 means

- 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.

## Action steps

1. Beyond the metacarpals in the hand and the metatarsals in the foot.
2. Form the length of each finger and toe.
3. Joined by hinge joints (the interphalangeal joints).

## Sources

- [Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918)](https://www.bartleby.com/107/)

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