Anatom3DDistal phalanx of left middle finger
Phalanx distalis digiti medii manus sinistrae · Koncový článek levého prostředníku
Skeleton
Looks like
The tip bone of the middle finger, under the nail.
What it does
Supports the fingertip and nail, where the deep flexor and extensor tendons insert.
Keeping it well
Crush injuries in doors are common in children; nail bed repair can help the nail regrow well.
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