The phalanges are the bones that are found in the fingers and the toes. The phalanges of the hand are collectively known as the phalanges digitorum manus. The phalanges of the foot are collectively known as the phalanges digitorum pedis.

In the hand, the thumb has two phalanges: the distal phalange (farther from the wrist) and the proximal phalange (closer to the wrist or base of the finger). The remaining fingers add an intervening third phalange appropriately named the middle phalange. In total there are fourteen phalanges in the hand.

The phalanges of the hand are thickest at the end nearest the wrist, and narrow along their length. They are flat along their top and bottom surfaces, and their sides are rough in order to make the attachment of the flexor tendons easier. There is a great deal of articulation (movement of one bone relative to its neighbor...