Thumb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The thumb when a person is standing in the medical anatomical position is the lateral-most digit of the hand. The Medical Latin English adjective for thumb is pollical. The thumb consists of three b...
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Someone who has a thumb which bends backwards when extended is said to have a hitchhiker's thumb. This is a genetic trait, and it does not interfere with the thumb's normal functions. Hitchhiker's thumb is also not linked with any other gen...
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Being an autosomal recessive condition means that a child has to inherit two copies of the gene for hitchhiker's thumb - one from each parent. Each gene generally comes in two versions, known as alleles, and an allele can either be dominant...
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If the end segment of your thumb extends at an angle of less than 90 degrees from the thumb, then you are homozygous recessive for hitchhiker's thumb (hh). If the end segment extends at an angle of at least 90 degrees out from the rest of your thumb, then you have the ... If you have hitchhiker's thumb, check the box.
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These two images show the difference between a regular thumb and a "Hitchhiker’s thumb" which, because of a genetic difference, can bend farther backwards. Hitchhiker’s Thumb Regular Thumb; Dimples; Tongue rolling is a genetic trait certain people have that allows them to curl their tongue.
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www.sln.org/csi/knox/Traits/traitsexamples.pdf
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Someone who has a thumb which bends backwards when extended is said to have a hitchhiker's thumb. This is a genetic trait, and it does not interfere with the thumb's normal functions. Hitchhiker's thumb is also not linked with any other gen...
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uk.ask.com/qotd/what_is_a_hitchhiker's_thumb/20090819
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Here are some of the genetically-influenced traits we study in lab. ... Hitchhiker's Thumb bends backwards at the last joint. ... People without Hitchhiker's Thumb have a straight last joint, even if the bone is curved.
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sciweb.hfcc.net/Biology/jacobs/bio131/humgenet/humangen...
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Home, library, topics, volume iii 1, h, hitchhikers thumb ... a deformity of the thumb characterized by flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joint and hyperextension at the interphalangeal joint. This abnormality, which is also known as Z-shaped ... Library / Lexical Topics / Musculoskeletal Ima… / H / Hitchhiker's thumb...
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www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iii_1/h/hi...
www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iii_1/h/hitchhikers_thumb.aspx
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I went to see the newly-released film adaptation of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy last night. I enjoyed most of it, though I'm still a bit ambivalent as to whether or not it was a good movie. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Hitchhiker's Thumb:
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catholicaetestudines.blogs.com/catholicae_testudines/20...
catholicaetestudines.blogs.com/catholicae_testudines/2005/05/hitchhikers_thu.html
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