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Sign in to saveThe thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb is pollex (compare hallux for big toe), and the corresponding adjective for thumb is pollical.
The thumb is the first digit of the hand, located next to the index finger and positioned on the outer edge when your palm faces forward. It serves as a key part of hand anatomy, with its own specialized medical terminology (pollex in Latin).
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Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Thumb
- Anatomy.Latin
- pollexdigitus I manusdigitus primus manus
- Anatomy.image
- Liam Thumb.jpg
- Anatomy.caption
- A human thumb
- Anatomy.image2
- Sobo 1909 130.png
- Anatomy.caption2
- Bones of the thumb, visible at far left
- Anatomy.artery
- Princeps pollicis artery
- Anatomy.vein
- Dorsal venous network of hand
- Anatomy.nerve
- Dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve, proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve
- Anatomy.lymph
- Infraclavicular lymph nodes
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Research
24,889 papers- Pediatric Thumb Flexion Deformities.ReviewBulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease (2013) · 2016Shreve M, Chu A
- [Radiosynoviorthesis of the thumb's carpometacarpal joint].ReviewDer Orthopade · 2022Mingels C, Daneshvar K, Afshar-Oromieh ADOI: 10.1007/s00132-021-04194-6
- Triphalangeal thumb.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 1976Miura TDOI: 10.1097/00006534-197611000-00009
- Bilateral thumb amputation.Microsurgery · 1994Soucacos PN, Beris AE, Malizos KN et al.DOI: 10.1002/micr.1920150704
- Distraction Lengthening of the Apert Thumb.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022Upton J, McNamara CT, Ali B et al.DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008929
- [Thumb duplication].Chirurgie de la main · 2008Dautel G, Barbary SDOI: 10.1016/j.main.2008.07.027
- Network meta-analysis of management of trigger thumb in children.Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B · 2021Sirithiantong T, Woratanarat P, Woratanarat T et al.DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000809
- Palliative surgery for thumb involvement in ulnar paralysis.Hand surgery & rehabilitation · 2022Cambon-Binder A, Chammas M, Coulet B et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.hansur.2020.10.021
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Wikidata facts
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- Thumbs
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C52834
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The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb is pollex (compare hallux for big toe), and the corresponding adjective for thumb is pollical.
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