Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The thumb is the first finger of the hand. 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
Dorlands prefix
p_27
Dorlands suffix
12655361
lymph
Deltopectoral lymph nodes
MeSH name
Thumb
MeSH number
A01.378.800.667.430.705
nerve
Proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve, Dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve
vein
Dorsal venous network of hand

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