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Thumb

The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb is pollex (compare hallux for big toe), and the corresponding adjective for thumb is pollical.

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Artery
Princeps pollicis artery
FMA
24938
Latin
pollex digitus I manus digitus primus manus
Lymph
Infraclavicular lymph nodes
MeSH
D013933
Nerve
Dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve, proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve

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Thumb

Nodes149
Edges148
Triples106
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013423
Components1

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related to Other primates · 15
Thumb → Aotidae, Atelidae, Cebidae, Cercopithecidae, In, New World, Old World, Opposable, Pitheciidae, Primates, Pseudo, Southeast Asia, The, Thumbless, Yet
related to Other placental mammals · 12
Thumb → Additionally, Chiromyscus, Chiropodomys, Gerbillinae, Giant, Hapalomys, In, Lophiomys, Most, Notomys, The East African, Vandeleuria
related to Marsupials · 11
Thumb → Australian, Dromiciops, In, Koalas, New World, Opossums, Similar, South American, The, Trichosurus, Wyulda
related to Dinosaurs · 8
Thumb → Bambiraptor, Dinosaurs, In, It, Its, Nqwebasaurus, The, Troodontidae
related to Grips · 7
Thumb → Examples, In, John Napier, Most, Napier, One, The
related to Human evolution · 7
Thumb → As, CMC, Consequently, However, It, Opposable, The
related to Thumb and fingers · 6
Thumb → Any, English, Indo-European-family, Linguistically, Proto-Indo-European, The English
related to External links · 5
Thumb → Media, Thumbs, Wikimedia Commons The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Humans · 4
Thumb → Anatomists, Other, Some, To
is a · 3
Thumb → first digit of the hand, outermost digit, stoutest of the fingers

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hand opposable human first distal fingers pollicis radial two grip finger primates phalanx muscles proximal thumbs bone toes nerve one

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ThumbArteryPrinceps pollicis artery1.00infobox
ThumbFMA249381.00infobox
ThumbLatinpollex digitus I manus digitus primus manus1.00infobox
ThumbLymphInfraclavicular lymph nodes1.00infobox
ThumbMeSHD0139331.00infobox
ThumbNerveDorsal digital nerves of radial nerve, proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve1.00infobox
ThumbTA21511.00infobox
ThumbTA98A01.1.00.0531.00infobox
ThumbVeinDorsal venous network of hand1.00infobox
Thumbis afirst digit of the hand0.90text
Thumbis aoutermost digit0.90text
Thumbis astoutest of the fingers0.90text

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