The phalanges of the hindpaw

Phalanges pedis

The bones of the four toes, three in each.

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The phalanges of the hindpaw of the cat (Phalanges pedis): a three-quarter view of the whole set.

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.

  • There are three phalanges in each of the four digits.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the bones of the hind 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 2, left hindPhalanx proximalis digiti II pedis
  • Middle phalanx, digit 2, left hindPhalanx media digiti II pedis
  • Distal phalanx, digit 2, left hindPhalanx distalis digiti II pedis
  • Proximal phalanx, digit 3, left hindPhalanx proximalis digiti III pedis
  • Middle phalanx, digit 3, left hindPhalanx media digiti III pedis
  • Distal phalanx, digit 3, left hindPhalanx distalis digiti III pedis
  • Proximal phalanx, digit 4, left hindPhalanx proximalis digiti IV pedis
  • Middle phalanx, digit 4, left hindPhalanx media digiti IV pedis
  • Distal phalanx, digit 4, left hindPhalanx distalis digiti IV pedis
  • Proximal phalanx, digit 5, left hindPhalanx proximalis digiti V pedis
  • Middle phalanx, digit 5, left hindPhalanx media digiti V pedis
  • Distal phalanx, digit 5, left hindPhalanx distalis digiti V pedis
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