The second and third phalanges of the fingers were extended, whereas the first phalanx was flexed.
November 20 all power had returned with full supination, except for the two phalanges of index finger previously injured.
The last two phalanges of index finger could not be moved, it was found, on account of severance of the extensor tendon some years previously.
Both phalanges of the thumb were flexed, the wrist was in extension, and the tendon of the palmaris seemed contractured.
The dimensions of the two proximal phalanges are alike.
The two terminalphalanges are somewhat triangular in shape, the lateral edges being concave and the proximal convex.
Dorsal (a) and lateral (b) views of distalphalanges of third finger of Allophryne.
No hylid genus is edentate, and none has either T-shaped terminal phalanges or the unusual dorsal spinules.
The T-shaped terminal phalanges suggest affinities with centrolenids, elutherodactyline leptodactylids, or certain "brachycephalid" frogs.
The ungual phalangesare peculiarly long, narrow and curved, instead of being comparatively short and broad, as in most other Moas.
Limbs short, and in walking the surface and outer sides of the phalanges of the two outer digits of the front feet alone rest on the ground, with the points of the nails turning upwards and inwards.
The fourth has a long and rather slender metacarpal, and three phalangesdiminishing in size, the terminal phalange being very small.
It is said that deficient phalanges in the fingers have been inherited by the females alone during ten generations.
Saurians, which present a series with more and more imperfect limbs, the terminations of the phalanges first disappear, "the nails becoming transferred to their proximal remnants, or even to parts which are not phalanges.
Limbs long, remarkably slender and angularly bent; hands and feet covered with short hair; index-finger with threephalanges and finger-bones.
The penultimate phalanges of the fingers are not included in the webbing.
In a few of these specimens, the holotype of festae, and one paratype of cabrerai the webbing extends to the middle of the penultimate phalanges of the third and fourth fingers.
The webbing on the hand usually excludes the penultimate phalanges of the fingers, but in some specimens from Amazonian Ecuador the webbing encompasses the proximal parts of the penultimate phalanges of the fingers.
In the holotype of cabrerai the webbing extends to the middle of the penultimate phalanges of the third and fourth fingers and to the base of the disc of the second finger.
The next two phalangeswere separate, and sometimes kept widely apart from each other by the introduction of a special ossicle.
The two distal phalanges of the two great toes, both front and back, in the examples described by Professor Struthers, were joined together, forming a single hoof-bearing bone.
In some species each paddle was made up of nearly a hundred bones, of polygonal form, and disposed in series representing the phalanges of the fingers.
The hind feet were broad and massive, and evidently designed to support a vast incumbent mass; it presented phalanges armed with short thick and depressed nails or claws.
The thigh bone corresponds to the humerus; the tibia and fibula to the ulna and radius; the ankle to the wrist; and the metatarsus and the phalanges of the foot, to the metacarpus and the phalanges of the hand.
The phalangeal formula is 2-2-3-3; the terminal phalanges are claw-shaped.
In all cases these peculiarities are congenital, and the total absence or partial presence of hair on the second phalanges is constant in different species of Quadrumana.
The phalanges are lacking altogether, or are incompletely represented, in the various skeletons of bairdii, and for that reason the phalangeal formula can not be given.
The formulas for the ossified phalangesin two American[39] and three Old World specimens are as follows: Phalangeal formula of five specimens of Ziphius cavirostris.
There are occasionally intercalary ossifications between the two distal phalanges (33).
I stimulated the back of his fingers on the second phalanges with the sharp end of one rod and the blunt end of the other and asked him to tell whether the sharp point was to the right or to the left of the other.
I asked the subject to clasp his hands in such a way that the second phalanges would be about even.
The metapodals and phalanges resemble very closely those of the fore limb, but the principal metatarsal is more laterally compressed at its upper end than is the corresponding metacarpal.
Five metacarpals in my fist, While all my fingers have each three Phalanges that are strong but wee, But my poor thumbs can only boast Of two phalanges at the most.
Be careful to get the ultimate phalanges of each limb out of the skin, and by careful management we shall also be enabled to get the bony core from the claw, and thus reap the advantage of having two specimens instead of one only.
He glanced down his body and saw hard gray scales over a curving belly, with a pair of hind feet that seemed to be all phalanges and no metatarsals.
While a minor part of his mind wondered idly if they'd employ a tourniquet or just a cork, the rest of his mind concentrated on directing those fore-paw-and-foot phalanges to carry him swiftly up the face of the stacked cages.
These form an interesting group of fourteen bones, called the phalanges of the fingers (Fig.
A single wire passes through the phalanges of each digit, and two sesamoids are fastened on by a single wire.
In large skeletons it will frequently be found necessary to further strengthen the articulations of the phalanges by means of brass pins, as shown in the figure at a.
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