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The bones in your fingers are called phalanges (phalanx if it is referring to only one bone). The phalanges can be divided into three parts, distal phalanges(your fingertips), middle phalanges, and proximal phalanges(the part of your finger that meets with the knuckle).
Knuckle
The knuckle is formed by the junction of the metacarpals and the proximal phalanges of the fingers.
List of bones that make up a human hand: * Phalanges * Metacarpals * Capitate * Hamate * Pisiform * Triquetral * Ulna * Lunate * Radius * Scaphoid * Trapezium * Trapezoid The Phalanges are the bones that make up the fingers in the hand.
phalanges
The phalanges bones on either side of the joint.
Phalanges is the overall term for the structures (i.e the fingers) and these are composed of phalanx's (distal, proximal, and middle).
the bones in the fingers are called metacarpals en the smaller finger bones are called phalanges.
They are called phalanges. Phalanges are in the fingers too.
The bones that make up your fingers (and toes) are called phalanges.
I have previously read that the medical name for "knuckle" is the interphalangeal joint, but this just refers to the joints of any of the three bones of the fingers (phalanges), being the proximal, medial, and distal phalanges. Therefore, the knuckle is the "proximal condyle of the phalanges". This refers to where the metacarpals (the palm bones) meet the fingers (phalanges). I am not a medical professional, but due to in-depth investigation as per a past research project, I know virtually every "medical" name (and the many, many synonyms) for features of superficial androtomy (human anatomy), and I've not yet come across a specific one for knuckles.
phalanges