The finger bones are made up of 14 narrow bones called phalanges. Each of the four fingers consists of a proximal, middle, and distal phalanx. The thumb has a proximal and distal phalanx only.

Scientists group the foot’s bones into into the phalanges, tarsal bones, and metatarsal bones. The bones and joints in the feet experience wear and tear, so conditions that cause damage to the ...

Media file 1: Broken finger. A severe fracture of the proximal phalanx of the small finger. This bone is broken in many small fragments and very unstable. This injury occurred in an automobile ...

From this individual, many kinds of bone fragments were found, including: tusks, molars, vertebrae, ribs, phalanx bones, and sesamoids. This animal wasn't the only one found at the site.

Each finger contains three phalanges (bones) connected by joints, all surrounded by ligaments, tendons, nerves, and blood vessels packed into a small area with minimal protective padding.

In the last years, quantitative ultrasound (QUS) methods have been developed to assess bone mineral status in some peripheral skeletal sites such as calcaneus, phalanges of the hand, and tibia.

Each finger has three bones, or phalanges, except for the thumb, which instead has two phalanges. The first bone — the distal phalange — extends from the tip of the thumb to the knuckle.

And it's against that backdrop that Virginia-based startup Phalanx is setting out to help, with a lightweight DLP and document-mapping platform that automatically monitors and secures sensitive ...

In 1990, archaeologists working at Bolahla discovered that a finger bone of Massospondylus, a fossil phalanx, had been transported to the cave. There are no fossil skeletons sticking out the walls ...

Unlike your fingers, which have three bones (phalanges), your thumb has only two bones. The first bone starts at the tip of your thumb and extends to the knuckle. The second bone starts at the ...