Phalanges, any of the 14 bones of the fingers of one hand or a like number in the toes of one foot.
The name given to any one of the small bones of the fingers and toes. The phalanges are 14 in number in each hand and foot the thumb and great toe possessing only two each, whilst each of the other fingers and toes has three.
Any one of the bones of the fingers or toes.
Phalanges refer to the individual skeletal elements in the hands and feet. In humans, each finger and toe, excluding the thumb and big toe, consists of three phalanges, while the thumb and big toe comprise only two phalanges each.