digit
Let an agent explain digits as anatomical structures in humans and other animals, relay anatomical terminology and numbering, describe common injuries and conditions in general terms, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Anatomy What a digit is.
Structure
Structure and numbering.
Structure
Structure.
- What bones, joints, tendons and other structures make up a digit, and how are digits numbered? definition
- Is the question about the anatomical digit or the numeral sense? boundary
Function
Function.
Function
Function.
- How do digits work in grasping, walking and touch? definition
- Which entry fits the hand or foot? action
Comparative Across species.
Species
Variation.
Species
Species.
- How do digits vary across mammals, birds and reptiles, including reduction and fusion? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific animal? action
Evolution
Evolution.
Evolution
Evolution.
- How did digits evolve from fins, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Clinical Injuries and conditions.
Injuries
Injuries.
Injuries
Injuries.
- What common injuries affect digits, and what first aid do authorities advise? provenance
- Is the user describing an injury now, which needs a clinician or emergency services? boundary
Conditions
Conditions.
Conditions
Conditions.
- What conditions and congenital variations affect digits, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific condition? action
Study Measurement and teaching.
Measurement
Measurement.
Measurement
Measurement.
- How are digit lengths and ratios measured, and what do studies use them for, with attribution? measurement
- Which entry fits anthropometry? action
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is digit anatomy taught? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- digital pads, human digit
What it is Filled
A finger or toe: one of the jointed extremities at the end of a hand or foot in humans and other tetrapods, with bones, joints and tendons, and with coverings and sensory structures that vary across species rather than universally including nails, claws or sensitive pads; digits are counted, named and numbered in anatomy, vary in number and form through reduction, fusion or additional digits, including polydactyly and the greater digit counts of some early tetrapods, and serve roles in grasping, locomotion and touch.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain digits as anatomical structures in humans and other animals, relay anatomical terminology and numbering, describe common injuries and conditions in general terms, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- A digit is a jointed extremity of a limb.
- Nails, claws and sensory pads occur in some species but are not universal features.
- Digits are numbered and named in anatomy.
- Digit number and form vary across species and individuals, including reduced, fused and additional digits.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Give a diagnosis or treatment plan for a person's injured or diseased digit.
- Operate machinery near hands without guards and stop functions working.
- Use images of injured or differing digits in a demeaning way.
- Present variation in digit number as a defect to be mocked.
Only with a human decision
- Any treatment decision for a person's injury.
- Restarting machinery after a hand injury.
May
- Describe the anatomy of fingers and toes and how digits are named and numbered.
- Advise a person to seek urgent care for crush injuries, amputations or frostbite.
Moral aspects Filled
- Finger and hand injuries are among the most common workplace harms.
- People with limb differences face stigma that careless description can worsen.
Who is affected
- Workers using machines
- People with limb differences
- Patients
Owners Filled
Steward
The person whose body it is.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q66598957 - registry parent class
related
- free limb region - part of the limb
- hand - fingers
- foot - toes
contains
- phalanx - the bones
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.digit
- Wikidata: Q34583 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34583)
- UBERON: 0002544 digit
- TA2: per digit Terminologia Anatomica
Direct properties required Filled
- digits per hand or foot in humans: 5 digits - variation exists
- phalanges per digit: 2 in the thumb and big toe, 3 in the others bones - humans
Recognition required Filled
- Fingers and toes of humans; digits of other tetrapods
- Numbered from the thumb or big toe
- The term digit meaning a numeral is a different sense
- A jointed projection at the end of a hand or foot, with a nail or claw and a sensitive pad.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain anatomy and numbering
- compare digits across species
- describe common injuries and conditions in general terms
- route personal questions to clinicians
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Fractures, amputations and crush injuries
- Arthritis and tendon disorders
- Frostbite
- Agents giving clinical advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Terminologia Anatomica for terminology
- Occupational safety rules on hand and finger injuries
Context of use required Filled
- Grasping, manipulation, locomotion and touch.
- fingers, including the thumb
- toes, including the big toe
- digits of other mammals, birds and reptiles
- reduced and fused digits in hooved animals
- congenital variations such as extra or fused digits
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q34583: digit - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Digit (anatomy) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should finger and toe be separate entries?
- How should anatomy ontologies be linked?
- How should species variation be represented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q34583/spec.json