Anatom3DArticular capsules of distal interphalangeal joints of foot
Capsulae articulationum interphalangearum distalium pedis · Kloubní pouzdra distálních mezičlánkových kloubů nohy
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
The capsules of the end joints of the lesser toes.
What it does
Enclose the toe-tip joints and let the toe ends bend.
Keeping it well
A fixed bent end joint is a mallet toe, often from tight shoes; painful corns form on its tip.
Related conditions
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Morton's neuroma
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite