thumb
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.
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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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- Definition
- Thumb and fingers
- Humans
- Other primates
- Other placental mammals
- Marsupials
- Reptiles
- Dinosaurs
- Birds
- Pterosaurs
- Amphibians
- Human anatomy
- Skeleton
- Muscles
- Extrinsic
- Intrinsic
- Variations
- Grips
- Human evolution
- See also
- Notes
- References
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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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