The phalanges of the forepaw
Phalanges manus
The bones of the five fingers: two in the first digit, three in each of the others, the last of each carrying the claw.
- Region
- Thoracic limb
- Members
- 14
- With a page
- None
How they differ along the set
What changes from one end of the series to the other, which is most of what there is to know about any one of them.
- The first digit has two phalanges; each of the others has three.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the bones of the fore limb
- The last phalanx of each digit carries the claw: a hollow takes the claw's base, and a beak-like projection supports it.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the bones of the fore limb
The members
In order along the set. Any one of them can be singled out in the model above, with the picker beneath it.
- Proximal phalanx, digit 1, left forePhalanx proximalis digiti I
- Distal phalanx, digit 1, left forePhalanx distalis digiti I
- Proximal phalanx, digit 2, left forePhalanx proximalis digiti II
- Middle phalanx, digit 2, left forePhalanx media digiti II
- Distal phalanx, digit 2, left forePhalanx distalis digiti II
- Proximal phalanx, digit 3, left forePhalanx proximalis digiti III
- Middle phalanx, digit 3, left forePhalanx media digiti III
- Distal phalanx, digit 3, left forePhalanx distalis digiti III
- Proximal phalanx, digit 4, left forePhalanx proximalis digiti IV
- Middle phalanx, digit 4, left forePhalanx media digiti IV
- Distal phalanx, digit 4, left forePhalanx distalis digiti IV
- Proximal phalanx, digit 5, left forePhalanx proximalis digiti V
- Middle phalanx, digit 5, left forePhalanx media digiti V
- Distal phalanx, digit 5, left forePhalanx distalis digiti V