Anatom3DArticular capsules of proximal interphalangeal joints of foot
Capsulae articulationum interphalangearum proximalium pedis · Kloubní pouzdra proximálních mezičlánkových kloubů nohy
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
The capsules of the middle joints of the lesser toes.
What it does
Enclose the middle toe joints and let the toes curl.
Keeping it well
A permanently bent middle joint is a hammer toe, common with tight or high-heeled shoes.
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