What are the medical terms for each finger?

Answer 1

Thumb - pollex, digitus primus, digitus I

Index finger - digitus secundus , digituns II

Middle finger - digitus medius, digitus tertius, digitus III

Ring finger - digitus medicinalis, the third finger, digitus annularis, digitus quartus, digitus IV

Little finger - digitus minimus, manus, digitus quintus, digitus V

Answer 2

Fingers, or phalanges, are named:

1. thumb (Pollex)
2. index finger or forefinger or pointer (digitus secundus manus)
3. middle finger (digitus tertius or digitus medius)
4. ring finger or fourth finger (digitus annularis)
5. little finger or 'pinky' (digitus minimus manus)

Answer 3

The scientific name for fingers is phalanges. Phalanges are also the scientific name for toes.

A2. Your fingers may be called digits, and the bones inside them are phalanges.

Your thumb is considered the first finger, the next is the index finger, the middle finger, (often the longest), the ring finger, and the little finger last.

Your thumb has three phalanges bones, the other four fingers have four each.