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Wert February 8th, 2026 7:45pm

Is the thumb a finger, or simply a thumb?

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ohm62
Feb 09, 4:54 am

Well, do people get "thumbed"?

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Wert
Feb 09, 1:51 pm

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You have hereby been “thumbed”.

TJ319 been here forever
Feb 08, 9:06 pm

8 fingers and 2 thumbs. They are different. Phalanx and phalanges

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ohm62
Feb 09, 4:56 am

Damn! I counted 10, and 10 toes too... Am I abnormal, Mrs Ann Boleyn?

funknor
Feb 08, 7:22 pm

Is the pinky a finger or simply a pinky?

TreeHugs Oregon
Feb 08, 5:52 pm

A thumb is a finger but not all fingers are thumbs.

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statguy North Central Florida
Feb 08, 5:41 pm

Five fingers on each hand. Ten fingers.

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catpillow Florida West Coast
Feb 08, 3:35 pm

Yes. Scientists found that the thumb is treated by the nervous system as a fifth finger. See the linked paper. Is the thumb a fifth finger? A study of digit interaction during force production tasks. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2827037/

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