Endochondral bones that are often elongate and arranged in rows of articulating elements, and form the visible part of the digits. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_bones VSAO:0000199 ]
Synonyms: long bone of digit phalanx bone digit long bone phalanges phalange
Term information
- Wikipedia:Phalanx_bones
- SCTID:290029003
- EMAPA:32614
- UMLS:C0222682 (ncithesaurus:Phalanx)
- VSAO:0000199
- CALOHA:TS-2211
- galen:Phalanx
- FMA:321661
- MA:0000304
- NCIT:C33317
pheno_slim
In primates such as humans and monkeys, the thumb and big toe have two phalanges, while the other fingers and toes consist of three
Term relations
- digitopodium bone
- limb long bone
- phalanx endochondral element
- develops from some phalanx cartilage element
- part of some individual digit of digitopodial skeleton