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the pointer or the index finger

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Q: What is the finger called that is next to your thumb?
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Is the index finger the middle finger?

No, the index finger is next to the thumb. Then the middle finger. Then the ring finger. Then the little finger, sometimes called pinky. no its the one between the middle finger and the thumb. The one you point it.


Why is thumb finger called thumb?

The thumb is called a thumb instead of a finger because it is smaller than a finger. A thumb also has 2 joints and a finger has 3.


Which is index finger?

Finger next to the thumb, i.e. To the immediate right of the thumb on your right hand To the immediate left of the thumb on your left hand


Which finger is the pointer finger?

its the finger right next to your thumb


Which finger is your forefinger?

Your forefinger is your pointer or index finger. It is the finger next to your thumb.


Pointer finger is what digit on the hand?

It is the one next to your thumb.


What are the monkeys first finger called?

Thumb


What is the skin between your thumb and index finger called?

The spot between the index finger and the thumb is called the thumb web space. The information is hard to find but is mentioned in the link below (in the section labeled "Causes"). Note: The link shows a birth abnormality, but "thumb web space" is the term for the normal appearance of thumb and index finger.


What the space from thumb to little finger called?

A span.


What are the five fingers called?

A normal human doesn't have five fingers on one hand. You only have four because you call you pinky the pinky fingerand you call your ring the ring finger, you call the middle the middle finger, you call the index the index finger. But you don't call the thumb the thumb finger it is just a thumb. So you really only have four fingers not five.


What is the medical term meaning the skin between your thumb and index finger?

The area between the thumb and index finger (digitus secundus manus, pointer finger, or forefinger), is called the thenar space. The skin is called webbing. In other sources it is called thumb webbing. The muscles at the base of the thumb form the thenar eminence.


What is thumb opposition?

The action of pressing your thumb (the fat yet short finger on the end) against any other finger is called opposition.