Anatom3DProximal phalanx of right little finger
Phalanx proximalis digiti minimi manus dextrae · Základní článek pravého malíku
Skeleton
Looks like
The longest bone of the little finger, between the knuckle and the middle joint.
What it does
Forms the base of the finger and carries its tendons.
Keeping it well
Breaks can rotate the finger, making it overlap the ring finger on making a fist; that needs correction.
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