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phalanges

/fuh-lan-jeez/US // fəˈlæn dʒiz //

趾骨,指骨,趾骨骨架,趾甲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a plural of phalanx.
    • : plural of phalange.

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Examples

  • The intermediate and distal phalanges of the index finger show contraction, as if the Palestinian Arab were squeezing something.

  • No hylid genus is edentate, and none has either T-shaped terminal phalanges or the unusual dorsal spinules.

  • Thus the entire length of the four phalanges slightly exceeds 11 inches, or rather more than three times the length of the head.

  • There is volar flexion of the phalanges when the subject is at rest.

  • It is a disease of colts and may affect one or all of the phalanges at the same time.

  • And even in the turtles we have eight carpal bones and five digits, while no finger has less than two phalanges.