Glossary
Terminal Phalanges of Domestic Cat
Proximal Phalanx
Proximal bone of digits.
Articulates with metacarpals or metatarsals and intermediate phalanges.
Articulates with metacarpals or metatarsals and intermediate phalanges.
Distal Phalanges
The distal bones of the digits.
These articulate with the intermediate phalanges.
These articulate with the intermediate phalanges.
Distal
Located away from the centre of the main body.
Digit
The distal parts of a limb, such as fingers or toes.
Intermediate Phalanx
Bone between proximal phalanges and distal phalanges.
Distal Phalanges
Distal bones of the digits.
Articulate with the intermediate phalanges.
Articulate with the intermediate phalanges.
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Terminal Phalanx
Distal bone of digits. Articulates with intermediate phalanges.
Also known as distal phalanx, claw bone, and ungual phalanx.
Terminal phalanges (pl.).
Cf. intermediate phalanx, proximal phalanx
