Anatom3DMiddle phalanx of right ring finger
Phalanx media digiti anularis manus dextrae · Střední článek pravého prsteníku
Skeleton
Looks like
The middle bone of the ring finger between its two joints.
What it does
Receives the superficial flexor tendon and links the joints.
Keeping it well
The deep flexor tendon of the ring finger is the one most often torn off in 'jersey finger' — the tip cannot bend; needs early surgery.
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