phalanges

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_ -- Periostitis of the phalanges is an ailment requiring careful exploration and minute inspection for its discovery, and is very liable to result in a ringbone of which lameness is the result.

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  • The intangible instructions pass through skin and flesh to be recorded in one of the five integrated circuits grafted on the distal phalanges, and you never feel anything. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#216
  • With the exception of the pollex (digit I), all of the proximal phalanges are about the same length (the proximal phalanx of digit I is not known). —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Proximal phalanges are long and relatively thin, as are middle phalanges. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Distal phalanges are much shorter and somewhat more robust. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Proximal and middle phalanges are long and relatively thin. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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