phalanx
(fā′langks″)
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(fă-lan′jēz″ )
pl. phalanges [Gr. phalanx, stem phalang-, closely knit row]
1. Any of the bones of the fingers or toes.
SEE: skeleton
2. One of a set of plates formed of phalangeal cells (inner and outer) forming the reticular membrane of the organ of Corti.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Phalanx." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746846/all/phalanx.
Phalanx. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746846/all/phalanx. Accessed January 21, 2025.
Phalanx. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746846/all/phalanx
Phalanx [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 January 21]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746846/all/phalanx.
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