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【診療Tips】手指と足趾の正しい表記

手指の正式名称

  • 母指(ぼし) - Thumb
  • 示指(じし) - Index finger
  • 中指(ちゅうし) - Middle finger or Long finger
  • 環指(かんし) - Ring finger
  • 小指(しょうし) - Little finger or Small finger

 

足趾の正式名称

  • 第1趾(だいいっし) or 母趾(ぼし) - Great toe (also known as the big toe or hallux)
  • 第2趾(だいにし) - Second toe
  • 第3趾(だいさんし) - Third toe
  • 第4趾(だいよんし) - Fourth toe
  • 第5趾(だいごし) or 小趾(しょうし)- Fifth toe (also known as the little toe)
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母趾や小趾の名称が残っているのは、「外反母趾」「小趾列多合趾」などの病名に使われている影響かもしれませんね!
ちなみに、日本医学会医学用語辞典でもこの表記が採用されているよ。解剖学ではローマ数字(I, II, III, IV, V)で記載されることもあるよ。
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Shimpei Ono (Plastic Surgeon)

Associate Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School. He specializes in hand and foot plastic surgery, microsurgery, and reconstructive surgery, and is involved in clinical practice, research, and education. His research interests include the development of movable prosthetic fingers, VR education, application of 3D ultrasound and medical imaging engineering, and emphasis on PROs. He also has an interest in art anatomy and medical illustration, and lectures and writes about the fusion of art and medicine. In his educational activities, in addition to teaching students and residents, he is also involved in international medical exchange and disaster medicine as the director of the Association for Southeast Asian Medical Research (Ajiken).

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