The radius is proximal to the phalanges. The phalanges are distal to the radius.

The radius is proximal to the phalanges. The phalanges are distal to the radius.

The metacarpals are the long hand bones proximal to the phalanges. The carpals are proximal to the metacarpals.

It depends on the phalanges in question. The distal phalanges in the four fingers and toes articulate with the intermediate phalanges. The intermediate phalanges articulate with the proximal phalanges and the proximal phalanges articulate with the metacarpals of the hand and the metatarsals of the toes. The same is true for the thumb and big toe except that neither one has an intermediate phalanges.

The pollex is the thumb and it has only 2 phalanges, the distal and the proximal. all of the other fingers have a distal, middle and proximal.

The phalanges, or toe bones, are distal to the metatarsals. They are farther away from the origin of the lower limb.