Middle finger | |
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Details | |
Artery | Proper palmar digital arteries, dorsal digital arteries |
Vein | Palmar digital veins, dorsal digital veins |
Nerve | Dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve, proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve |
Identifiers | |
Latin | digitus III manus, digitus medius manus, digitus tertius manus |
TA98 | A01.1.00.055 |
TA2 | 153 |
FMA | 24947 |
Anatomical terminology |
The middle finger, long finger, second finger,[1][2] third finger,[3] toll finger or tall man is the third digit of the human hand, located between the index finger and the ring finger. It is typically the longest digit. In anatomy, it is also called the third finger, digitus medius, digitus tertius or digitus III.