digit

A subdivision of the autopod that has as part a series of phalanges together with associated vasculature, musculature, integument and nerves. It is continuous with the metapodial subdivision of the autopod, but does not include the metapodials. In species such as humans, fully formed digits are distinct, whereas in other species the digits may be connected by interdigital webbing, or may be completely unseparated (for example, in cetaceans). Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the digit is

A subdivision of the autopod that has as part a series of phalanges together with associated vasculature, musculature, integument and nerves. It is continuous with the metapodial subdivision of the autopod, but does not include the metapodials. In species such as humans, fully formed digits are distinct, whereas in other species the digits may be connected by interdigital webbing, or may be completely unseparated (for example, in cetaceans). The atlas records it as a region at the region scale in the human body.

Where the digit is

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What the digit connects to

The atlas records 94 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of autopod region and limb segment.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the digit. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as acropodial unit, digit (phalangeal portion) plus soft tissue and limb digit. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002544, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: autopod region and limb segment.
• A kind of: limb segment and organism subdivision.
• contains: common palmar digital artery, distal epiphysis of distal phalanx of manual digit 1, distal epiphysis of distal phalanx of manual digit 2, distal epiphysis of distal phalanx of manual digit 3, distal epiphysis of distal phalanx of manual digit 4 and distal epiphysis of distal phalanx of manual digit 5, and 71 more.
• subtype: manual digit, manual digit 1, manual digit 2, manual digit 3, manual digit 4 and manual digit 5, and 6 more.
• contributes to morphology of: autopod region.

Questions

Where is the digit?

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What does the digit connect to?

Part of: autopod region and limb segment.

Is the digit the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.