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MeSH Heading: Fingers
Tree Number(s): A01.378.800.667.430
Unique ID: D005385
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005385
Annotation: use for primates only; use TOES (IM) + FORELIMB (NIM) for non-primate vertebrates; differentiate from FINGER JOINT; NIM when merely locational
Scope Note: Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND.
NLM Classification #: WE 835
Entry Combination: injuries:Finger Injuries
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16

Entry Combination: injuries:Finger Injuries
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

embryology (EM)

growth & development (GD)

innervation (IR)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

virology (VI)

Fingers MeSH Descriptor Data 2025