phalanx (fa'lanks)

Any one of the bones of a finger or toe. basilar p. See proximal p. distal p. The p. most remote from the metacarpus or metatarsus. metacarpal p., metatarsal p. See proximal p. middle p. The p. (in cases where there are three) intermediate between the distal and proximal phalanges. phalanges of Deiters. Fiddle-shaped structures, probably cuticular in nature, united to each other, forming the lamina reticular is of the cochlea. Between them are intervals through which the hairs of the outer hair cells pa , and to each of them is attached the phalangeal proce of the cells of Deiters. proximal p. The p. articulating with a metacarpal or metatarsal bone, terminal p., ungual p., unguicular p. See distal p. [Gr., phalagx, line, rank.]