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

Look up phalanx in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The phalanx is a rectangular mass military formation. Phalanx may also refer to: Phalanx CIWS, a U...

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...

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

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

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...

connective tissue, similar to a ligament, that connects a flexor tendon to a phalanx bone. They contain tiny vessels which supply blood to the tendon. In vertebrate...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

that surround two bones at the level of the joint. If the ligaments that attach the phalanx (bone of the toe) to the metatarsal bone are impacted, the...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

generally performed on the first phalanx bone of each finger of one hand. After the coin has been flipped over by each phalanx, not including the smallest...

does not completely fuse with the other hand-bones. Likewise, the tipmost primaries attach to the phalanx bones. To non-biologists the carpometacarpus may...

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...

a large phorusrhacid, as well as a tarsometatarsus lower leg bone and a phalanx toe bone. The discovery of Kelenken clarified the anatomy of large phorusrhacids...

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...

rare. Dislocation of the left index finger Radiograph of right fifth phalanx bone dislocation Radiograph of left index finger dislocation Depiction of...

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