Ring finger
Third from the thumb finger of a human hand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The ring finger, third finger,[1] fourth finger,[2][3] leech finger,[4] or annulary is the fourth digit of the human hand, located between the middle finger and the little finger.[5]
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Ring finger | |
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Details | |
Artery | Proper palmar digital arteries, dorsal digital arteries |
Vein | Palmar digital veins, dorsal digital veins |
Nerve | Dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve, Dorsal digital nerves of ulnar nerve, Proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve |
Identifiers | |
Latin | digitus IV manus, digitus quartus manus, digitus annularis manus, digitus medicinalis |
TA98 | A01.1.00.056 |
TA2 | 154 |
FMA | 24948 |
Anatomical terminology |
Sometimes the term ring finger only refers to the fourth digit of a left-hand, so named for its traditional association with wedding rings in many societies, although not all use this digit as the ring finger. Traditionally, a wedding ring was worn only by the bride or wife, but in recent times more men also wear a wedding ring. It is also the custom in some societies to wear an engagement ring on the ring finger.
In anatomy, the ring finger is called digitus medicinalis, the fourth digit, digitus annularis, digitus quartus, or digitus IV. In Latin, the word anulus means "ring", digitus means "digit", and quartus means "fourth".