Phalanges are your toes.
The phalanges are the bones that make up the fingers of the hand and the toes of the foot. There are 56 phalangesin the human body, with fourteen on each hand and foot.
There are three phalanges (s. phalanx) in each of the lateral 4 toes and 2 phalanges in you Hallux (big Toe). The purpose of the phalanges are to serve as stabilizing pivots that allow stability when you walk. There is a total of 14 phalanges in each foot.
14 phalanges in one hand, 19 phalanges in one foot
The human hand has 27 bones: the carpus or wrist account for 8; the metacarpals or palm contains five; the remaining fourteen are digital bones; fingers and thumb. The human foot has 26 bones in the hind-foot, the mid-foot, and the forefoot.
The metatarsals can be found between the phalanges and tarsals.
Phalanges
One human hand or foot contains 14 phalanges. The thumb (or big toe in the foot) has two phalanges, while all other digits have 3.
The phalanges, or toe bones, are distal to the metatarsals. They are farther away from the origin of the lower limb.
phalanges?
The phalanges are the long bones in the fingers and toes. In humans, there are 14 phalanges in each hand and each foot. They are also known as phalanx bones.
20 is incorrect, 56 is the number of phalanges we have, that is 14 in each hand or foot. Phalanges are the long bones that make up the fingers and toes. There are fourteen phalanges, three for every finger and toe, except for the thumbs and big toes which have only two. Each bone is connected to the wrist and to each other by a joint or knuckle.
A human hand (and foot) has 14 phalanges; 3 in every finger or toe and 2 in the thumb or big toe.