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distal phalanx

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Distal-most phalanx within a digit. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/120 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

Label

distal phalanx

Synonyms
  • phalanx distalis
  • terminal phalanx
  • ungual phalanx
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim

contributor

https://github.com/cmungall, https://github.com/mellybelly

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Scheme_human_hand_bones-en.svg

has related synonym

phalanx distalis

id

UBERON:0004300

taxon notes

In human anatomy, the distal phalanges of the four fingers and toes articulate proximally with the intermediate phalanges at the distal interphalangeal joints (DIP); in the thumb and big toe, with only two phalanges, the distal phalanges articulate proximally with the proximal phalanges. The distal phalanges carry and shape nails and claws and are therefore occasionally referred to as the ungual phalanges. The distal phalanges are cone-shaped in most mammals, including most primates, but relatively wide and flat in humans.