Anatomy The hand contains 14 phalanges —the bones that make up the fingers. The term phalanx is singular, referring to one finger bone. Each finger contains three and the thumb has two phalanges.

Many techies and smartphone users are riled up in fear that their mobile device, when pressing down on their pinky during normal phone use, is leaving an indentation on the finger.

Naughty Grecians likely developed the phallic gesture around 2,500 years ago to offend each other. Here’s how the middle finger became the most obscene digit.