Anatom3DProximal phalanx of left middle finger
Phalanx proximalis digiti medii manus sinistrae · Základní článek levého prostředníku
Skeleton
Looks like
The base bone of the middle finger, between knuckle and middle joint.
What it does
Carries tendons and anchors the finger's small muscles via the extensor hood.
Keeping it well
Fractures can rotate the finger; check that fingers do not cross when making a fist.
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