The autosomal recessive gene for brachypodism (bp) in the mouse affects the appendicular, but not the axial skeleton. Manus and pes are more severely affected than the rest of the limbs; the girdles are normal. In digits 2-5, the basal and middle phalanges of the normal are replaced by a short and thin element which never ossifies properly; by contrast, the terminal phalanges are normal or near...

Previous studies have referred to the degree of dorsal canting of the base of the proximal phalanx as an indicator of human-like metatarsophalangeal joint function and thus a diagnostic trait of habitual bipedality in the fossil record. Here, we used a simple method to investigate differences in forefoot function on a finer scale. Building on Duncan et al.'s (Am J Phys Anthropol 93 [1994] 67-81...

This study aimed to evaluate the ability of speed of sound (SOS) measured at the phalanges to estimate simulated wrist fracture load and stress. SOS was measured along the proximal phalanges of the second, third and fourth fingers using an ultrasound (US) system operating in axial transmission mode. The bone mineral density (BMD) of the radius and the phalanges was also measured with quantitati...

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The partial skeleton of Pierolapithecus, which provides the oldest unequivocal evidence of orthogrady, together with the recently described phalanges from Paşalar most likely attributable to Griphopithecus, provide a unique opportunity for understanding the changes in hand anatomy during the pronogrady/orthogrady transition in hominoid evolution. In this paper, we describe the Pierolapithecus h...

We investigated the relationship between fetal body weight at term (pregnancy day 21) and the extent of ossification of sternum, metacarpus, metatarsus, phalanges (proximal, medial and distal) of fore- and hindlimbs and cervical and coccygeal vertebrae in Wistar rats. The relationships between fetal body weight and sex, intrauterine position, uterine horn, horn size, and litter size were determ...

From the Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Corresponding author: William J. Bufkin, MD, Pueblo Radiological Group, PC, 124 West Pitkin Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado 81004. Figure 1. Oblique radiograph of the hand and wrist demonstrates multiple radiolucent, expansile masses of varying shapes in the phalanges, metacarpals, radius, and ulna. Figure 2. Anteropost...