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Webbed toes is the informal and common name for syndactyly affecting the feet—the fusion of two or more digits of the feet. This is normal in many birds, such as ducks; amphibians, such as frogs; and some mammals, such as kangaroos.
Syndactyly is a condition wherein two or more digits are fused together. It occurs normally in some mammals , [ 1 ] but is an unusual condition in humans. The term is from Ancient Greek σύν (syn) 'together' and δάκτυλος (daktulos) 'finger'.
Polysyndactyly is a congenital anomaly, combining polydactyly and syndactyly, in which affected individuals have an extra finger or toe that is connected, via fusing or webbing, to an adjacent digit. [1] [2]
Owls, ospreys and turacos can rotate the outer toe (4) back and forth. [10] Heterodactyl: two toes in front (3, 4) and two in back (2, 1) – the inner front toe (2) is reversed; heterodactyl arrangement only exists in trogons. [20] Syndactyl: three toes in front (2, 3, 4), one in back (1); the inner and middle (2, 3) are joined for much of ...
3.2 Syndactyly. 3.3 Zygodactyly. 3.4 Heterodactyly. ... (a finger or toe) ... zygodactyly involves digits 1 and 4 opposing digits 2 and 3, which is an arrangement ...
However a finding such as 2,3-toe syndactyly raises the index of suspicion for Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome. [4] Most open source projects that perform phenotype-driven disease or gene prioritization work with the terminology of the Human Phenotype Ontology. This controlled vocabulary can be used to describe the clinical features of a patient ...
Intellectual disability-polydactyly-uncombable hair syndrome, mental retardation, postaxial polydactyly, phalangeal hypoplasia, 2-3 toe syndactyly, unusual face, uncombable hair [1] Specialty: Medical genetics
Webbing between the second and third finger and between the second and third toes [2] Short fingers and toes (brachydactyly) [4] Broad thumb and/or a broad hallux (big toe) with a valgus deformity (outward angulation of the distal segment of a bone/joint) [6] Hands have a single palmar flexion crease [3]