The phalanges are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes have two phalanges while the other digits have three phalanges. The phalanges are classed as long bones.
The phalanges in a human hand
Distal phalanges of a Masai giraffe
Three-fingered sloth
Terminal phalanx of a Scelidotherium ground sloth
A digit is one of several most distal parts of a limb, such as fingers or toes, present in many vertebrates.
Radiogram of a polydactyl left hand.
Mikhail Tal at the 1961 European chess championship.
A reconstruction of Panderichthys.