Phalanges of the hand

Phalanges of the hand

Infobox Bone
Name = Phalanges of the hand
Latin = osssa digitorum manus, phalanges digitorum manus
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Caption = Plan of ossification of the hand.


Caption2 = Bones of the left hand. Dorsal surface.
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The phalanges of the hand are commonly known as the finger bones. There are fourteen in number, three for each finger, and two for the thumb.

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 areas 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 front to back. 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, those most distal, 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.

ee also

* Interphalangeal articulations of hand
* Phalanx bones


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