Poll: Are thumbs fingers?
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They share similarites, but there are plenty of differences between the thumb and the fingers, unfortunatly I'm not an Anatomy major so I'm just gonna go with what Wikipedia Says.
The thumb contrasts with each of the (other) four by being the only finger that:
Is opposable to the other four fingers
Has two phalanges rather than three
Has greater breadth in the distal phalanx than in the proximal phalanx
Is attached to such a mobile metacarpus (which produces most of the opposability)
Is it enough to consider them a seperate Limb? I don't know, but they are different from the others and most of the Animal Kingdom doesn't have opposable thumbs, so ya, I'd consider them as something else.
The thumb contrasts with each of the (other) four by being the only finger that:
Is opposable to the other four fingers
Has two phalanges rather than three
Has greater breadth in the distal phalanx than in the proximal phalanx
Is attached to such a mobile metacarpus (which produces most of the opposability)
Is it enough to consider them a seperate Limb? I don't know, but they are different from the others and most of the Animal Kingdom doesn't have opposable thumbs, so ya, I'd consider them as something else.
yes it's a finger. Thumb is just the name for that finger. Same goes with Index, Middle, Ring, and Pinky.
It doesn't matter what you "think" or "believe." Science doesn't work that way. And under the scientific definition on what constitutes a finger, yes, your thumb counts as a finger. As for the people saying it's a "digit" but not a "finger," you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. In the medical field, those two are the same thing.
Wikianswers says:
By definition, the thumb is both a finger and not a finger. "Finger" can mean any of the four digits besides the thumb OR any digit including the thumb. It is up to the person to decide whether or not the thumb is considered a finger.
So I say yes, it's a finger.
By definition, the thumb is both a finger and not a finger. "Finger" can mean any of the four digits besides the thumb OR any digit including the thumb. It is up to the person to decide whether or not the thumb is considered a finger.
So I say yes, it's a finger.
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Really, are there that many people unfamiliar with bone structure? Just because it has greater abilities doesn't make it something other than a finger. The thumb, as it is seen on a human, is what helps defines us from other animals.
No. The thumb does not have three bones and those two bones it does have are jacked up in their proportions to each other.
Yes your thumb is a finger. Why else would you think they say humans have "ten fingers and ten toes" if thumbs aren't fingers?
Damnit that's what i was going to say!Black Sulphur said:
Yeah, the thumb is considered unique since its apposable. A factor which is given credit to our ability to rise above the other animals with our power to pick up sharp things to make up for our lack of natural sharp things.
If you want it to be considered a finger consider it one, your not technically wrong.
The thumb is however incredibly unique to other fingers on your hand. its the genius surrounded by morons so to speak.
No, those are metacarpals, not finger bones. If you count them, then the thumb has 3 while every other one has 4.Tsunimo said:
