Right index finger

Looks like

The second digit: three phalanges on the second metacarpal, with the most independent movement.

What it does

Works with the thumb for pinch, pointing and fine tasks.

Keeping it well

Cuts on the palm side can sever tendons or nerves; inability to bend or numbness afterwards needs a hand surgeon.

Its parts

• Proximal phalanx of right index finger
• Middle phalanx of right index finger
• Distal phalanx of right index finger

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