Meanings of distal phalange in English

Each hunk had a sliver of nail tagging one end, a distal phalange partially visible at the other.

No claws, no distal phalanges, no fur.

Each bone was aligned with anatomical precision, right down to the distal phalanges of the hands and feet.

"And the distal phalange from the right third digit."

We report a 21-year-old patient with speech problems, autistic traits, dysmorphic facial features, broad thumbs with short distal phalanges and a pancreatic gastrinoma.

Therefore the hand is usually in the so-called interosseal position, with flexion of the proximal and extension of the middle and distal phalanges.

"Note the medial and distal phalanges."