Anatom3DProximal phalanx of left fourth toe
Phalanx proximalis digiti quarti pedis sinistri · Základní článek levého čtvrtého prstu nohy
Skeleton
Looks like
The base bone of the fourth toe.
What it does
Links the toe to its metatarsal and carries tendons.
Keeping it well
Fractures from stubbing usually heal with buddy taping.
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Bunion & foot deformity
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Ingrown toenail
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Morton's neuroma
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Restless legs syndrome
- Sarcoma
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency