0 a large group of people standing very close to each other, usually for the purposes of defence or attack:
Bodyguards formed a solid phalanx around the singer so that photographers couldn't get close.
1 any one of the small bones of the fingers and toes:
There are fourteen phalanges in the hand.
One pair of unslipped dishes held two human phalanges from a single finger.
Prominent digits and phalanges are clear, and full-webbing and hallux may also be observed in one print.
They modeled the phalanges of the hand as cylinders.
However, it is necessary to properly choose the transmission ratios between phalanxes.
The phalange would be an autonomous democracy and the centralized state would wither away as more phalanges were created.
The metacarpals, metatarsals and phalanges of the hands and feet seem to be present.
Cast shows clear phalanges and joints, and weakly impressed webbing.
Also, there are deposits of new bone on the volar surfaces of the proximal phalanges of the left second and third fingers.