Anatom3DMiddle phalanx of left index finger
Phalanx media indicis sinistri · Střední článek levého ukazováku
Skeleton
Looks like
The middle bone of the index finger between its two joints.
What it does
Receives the superficial flexor tendon and links the joints.
Keeping it well
Its joints are common sites of hand osteoarthritis (Bouchard nodes at the middle joint).
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- Dupuytren's contracture & trigger finger
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Ganglion cyst
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Repetitive strain & overuse injury
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency