The great ThumbFire took place on September 5, 1881, in the Thumb area of Michigan in the United States . The fire , which burned over a million acre s 4,000 km in less than a day, was the consequence of drought , hurricane force wind s, heat , the after effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871 , and the ecological damage wrought by the era s logging techniques. The blaze, also called the Great ThumbFire , the Great Forest Fire of 1881 and the Huron Fire , killed 282 people in Sanilac County, Michigan Sanilac , Lapeer County, Michigan Lapeer , Tuscola County, Michigan Tuscola and Huron County ... the organization responded to was the Michigan ThumbFire of 1881. The Red Cross provided money, clothes ... extremely hot, and the Thumb had virtually no rain during July and August. There were forest fires beginning in mid August, and on August 31, a fire started in northern Lapeer County, Michigan Lapeer ... Axe, Michigan Bad Axe , in Huron County, Michigan Huron County , burst into flames. Winds spread the fire to Huron City, Michigan Huron City and Grindstone City, Michigan Grindstone City . The fire continued ... of the American Red Cross . Retrieved 2011 01 30. ref After the fire of 1881 more than 14,000 people ... in 1881 was estimated to be in excess of 2,346,943 Nesbit 2 . Fire protection After the fires of 1881 ..., Betty 1997 . Michigan on Fire , pp. 239 40. Thunder Bay Press. ref However, the Ford Motor Company ... methods in place, along with maintaining their own fire towers and timber patrols. ref name sodders .... The first fire truck was developed and used in the early 1930s, leading to firefighting as we know it today. See also Peshtigo Fire Great Chicago Fire The Great Michigan Fire of 1871 References ..., Betty 1997 . Michigan on Fire . Thunder Bay Press. External links http www.michigan.gov images FIRE1881 22139 7.jpg Chart of the Burnt District of Michigan Map of ThumbFire Impact http www.michigan.gov dnr 0,1607,7 153 30301 30505 30816 24038 ,00.html Wildland Fire In Michigan . Retrieved 2011 ... more details
Petroglyphs Historic State Park Sanilac Petroglyphs were discovered after massive ThumbFire ... words. Historical events The great ThumbFire took place on September 5, 1881 in the Thumb area ... s Thumb area. Lexington, Mich, 1962. The Great Fire of 1881 A Collection of Stories. Caro ..., 1989. Southgate, Jerry D. Thumb s Forest Fire of 1881. Central Michigan University Term Paper ...about a geographical region in Michigan the body part Thumb other uses Thumb disambiguation Geobox Region Heading name The Thumb native name other name category Flint Tri Cities Names etymology official ... Free fields free free type Maps map Lower Michigan Region Map.png map caption The Thumb lies in the Flint ... footnotes Image Farmland.jpg thumb 320px Much of the Thumb is characterized by rolling farmland such as this The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of Michigan , so named because the Lower Peninsula of Michigan Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten thus the Thumb is the area that looks like the thumb of the mitten. The Thumb is a subregion of the Flint Tri Cities region, and the Blue Water Area is a subregion of the Thumb. The counties which constitute the Thumb are those forming the extended ... for which of these counties are part of the Thumb. However, virtually all common definitions include ... Area also leads many people to exclude them from the Thumb region. Economy The Thumb region ... for work to Metropolitan Detroit or Flint, Michigan Flint . Large cities in the Thumb area are Port ... Caro . The majority of these cities are in the southern portion of the Thumb. Industry See also List of companies based in Michigan The Thumb has many notable businesses, many linked to agriculture ... , Elkton, Michigan Elkton , and Bad Axe, Michigan Bad Axe . File DTE St Clair.jpg thumb right Detroit ... power plants in the Thumb area St. Clair Power Plant St. Clair and Belle River Power Plant s in East ... title Eastern Michigan Grain ref Tourism Image Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse Michigan.jpg thumb The Pointe ... more details
Other uses Infobox Anatomy Name Thumb Latin pollex, digitus primus, digitus I GraySubject GrayPage Image ... ref MeshName Thumb MeshNumber A01.378.800.667.430.705 DorlandsPre p 27 DorlandsSuf 12655361 The thumb is the first finger digit of the hand . When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position where the palm is stretched forward , the thumb is the Human anatomical terms Anatomical directions lateral most digit. The Medical Latin English adjective for thumb is pollical . Definition ..., not including the thumb. Linguistically, it appears that the original sense was the broader of these two .... The thumb shares the following with each of the other four fingers Having a skeleton of phalanges ... The thumb contrasts with each of the other four by being the only finger that Is opposable to the other ... since the thumb is the stoutest of the digits. Opposition and apposition Opposable thumb , Opposable ... thumb A bonobo fishing for termites, an example of incomplete untrue opposition as far as he ll ever get toward orbiting the planets . ref cite web title The Thumb is the Hero publisher The New ... ref In humans, opposition and apposition are two movements unique to the thumb but these words are not always ... and Prudence Hero Napier Napier defined opposition as A movement by which the pulp surface of the thumb ... or all of the remaining digits. For this true , pulp to pulp opposition to be possible, the thumb ... to underline what is unique to the human thumb. Anatomists and other researchers focused exclusively ... Freeman Cuccurullo Freeman 2004 ref restrict opposition to when the thumb is approximated to the fifth digit little finger and refer to other approximations between the thumb and other digits as apposition . Ref Opposition Thumb approximation of the palmar aspect of the thumb and fifth digit. Apposition Thumb approximation between the thumb and other digit not using the palmar aspect To anatomists ... thumb phalanx thus approximated to the palm or the hand s radial side side of index finger during ... more details
Nintendo thumb , known also as gamer s grip , Nintendinitis and similar names, is a video game related health problem classified as a form of repetitive strain injury RSI . The symptoms are the blister ing, paraesthesia and swelling of the thumb s, mainly through use of the D pad , though any finger can be affected. This can lead to stress on tendon s, nerve s and ligament s in the hands, and further onto lateral epicondylitis tennis elbow , tendinitis , bursitis and carpal tunnel syndrome CTS . Some of the symptoms are described under trigger finger . Originally known in a video gaming context as Leather Thumb , this condition was known to occur frequently among users of the Atari 2600 home video game console in the late 1970 s and early 1980 s. The condition was first highlighted when the Nintendo games consoles were released, leading to reported cases of RSI, primarily in children being one of the primary audiences of videogames . Later, the controllers for the Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2 were noted as causing the condition. However, due to the shape, size and extended use of game controllers it is not limited to just those specific ones and can occur in users of any gamepad or joystick . Similar problems have also been with the use of mobile phones , and short message service text messaging in particular see Blackberry thumb . In June 2005, the South African Medical Journal published a report by Safura Abdool Karim, a 13 year old who had investigated such problems occurring in people at her school. See also Video game related health problems Blackberry thumb Tennis elbow Cello scrotum Golfer s elbow Jogger s nipple Surfer s ear References Thompson, Dennis. http ... PlayStation thumb at BBC News , 23 June 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2005. External links http news.bbc.co.uk ... news culture 0,1284,16579,00.html Nintendo Thumb Points to RSI at Wired News , 3 December ... at The Register , 12 December 2000. Category Fingers Category Inflammations sv Fire tumme ... more details
For the game Thumb war Infobox film name Thumb Wars image image size caption director Steve Oedekerk ... by Unreferenced date February 2010 Thumb Wars The Phantom Cuticle is a 1999 in film 1999 short ... . Thumb Wars debuted on United States American television May 18, 1999, on UPN . It had its ... of the film. It was also re released in 2002 alongside Thumbtanic as the Thumb Wars Thumbtanic Thumb ... mad at each other there would be... THUMB WARS. The film then cuts to rolling text flying ... of the power of Force Star Wars the Thumb , the Galactic Empire Star Wars Evil Thumbpire has taken ... thing with enough fire power to blow stuff up. If the Thumbellion can destroy the big dangerous weapon thing, they will live and the good side of the thumb will reign. If they don t there can be no sequels ... Bunhead and the galaxy. They are caught in a tractor beam outside of the Death Star Thumb Star ... of The Thumb. After a training session, which Loke ends up failing miserably, Master Puppet deeply humored by Loke s bumbling dubs him a Jedi Master Thumb Master . The group travels to the Thumbellion base to regroup for the final attack on the Death Thumb. They learn that there is a button ... that he will use the Power of the Thumb to hit the destruct button, Oobedoob s voice is heard ... hits the button and the giant thumb is destroyed. The last scene shows the cast at a Chili Cookoff ... with a voiceover from Oobedoob The Thumb will be with you...always. Production The production for Thumb ... In 1998, the production for Thumb Wars developed more seriously into filming. The production started ... s beginning . Next Master Puppet asks so to train Loke in the ways of the Thumb. Lastly, while ... all of the Thumbs featurettes, a one eyed thumb appears in each one. In this case as the bartender at the cantina. Releases Thumb Wars was first released on VHS , and then again with additional features ... as part of the Thumb Wars Thumbtanic Double Feature on DVD and Universal Media Disc UMD for the PlayStation ... more details
Thumb Peak may refer to Thumb Peak Arizona in Arizona, USA Thumb Peak British Columbia in British Columbia, Canada Thumb Peak Palawan in Palawan, Philippines geodis ... more details
The Panda s Thumb may refer to The Sesamoid bone Panda anatomy sesamoid bone of the Giant Panda, used similarly to a human thumb, cited as evidence of evolution and the main feature of an essay by Stephen Jay Gould The Panda s Thumb book The Panda s Thumb book , also known as The Panda s Thumb More Reflections in Natural History , a 1980 book by Stephen Jay Gould featuring an essay on the Panda s thumb The Panda s Thumb blog , a blog that discusses evolutionary biology and the creation evolution controversy from a scientific perspective Disambig ... more details
Devil s Thumb may refer to the following mountains Devils Thumb , a mountain on the Alaska British Columbia border Devil s Thumb Greenland , a mountain on Kullorsuaq Island in northwestern Greenland geodis ... more details
Ball of the thumb may be Thenar eminence , most fleshy portion of the palm of the human hand, located adjacent to the second joint of the thumb Fleshy portion opposite the nail , of the first segment first phalange of the human thumb Disambig ... more details
wiktionarypar Thumb The thumb is the first digit of the human hand. Thumb may also refer to A thumb like metal bar hinged to a backhoe Thumb backhoe s scoop Hop o My Thumb , a folk tale Rule of thumb , an informal rule Thumbs up , a gesture TOCright Geography Canada The Thumb mountain , a mountain in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia The Thumb Omineca , a mountain in the Omineca Country of British Columbia United States The Thumb , a region in Michigan Thumb Mountain , in New Hampshire Thumb Lake , aka Lake Louise in Hudson Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan Canada U.S. border Devils Thumb , a mountain between Alaska and British Columbia Other The Thumbs Tasmania , Tasmanian islet, Australia Thumb Peak Palawan , a small mountain in central Palawan, Philippines People General Tom Thumb , the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton 1838&ndash 1883 , a dwarf who achieved great fame Peter Thumb 1681&ndash 1767 , an Austrian architect whose family came from the Vorarlberg Entertainment The Thumbs , an American punk rock band Thumb band , a German rapcore band Thumbs , a series of film parodies Thumb Bandits , video game TV show Thumb Candy , video game TV show Hitchhiker s Thumb , an American pop rock band Computing ARM architecture ThumbThumb , an instruction encoding and corresponding execution mode for the ARM architecture Thumbnail , shortened designation used in markup languages and other programming languages Windows thumbnail cache , a file used in the Windows operating system See also Tom Thumb disambiguation disambig geo bs Palac vor de Thumb pt Polegar desambigua o ... more details
God s thumb may refer to Adansonia , a tree that is known in African folklore as God s Thumb A fictional rock formation that is part of the plot of the novel Holes novel Holes , by Louis Sachar dab ... more details
File JackBruce & fretless bass.jpg thumb 250px right Jack Bruce playing a fretless Warwick Thumb in Frankfurt, Germany 28 October 2006 The Thumb bass is a bass guitar designed and manufactured by the Warwick bass guitar Warwick company. The Thumb has been Warwick bass guitar Warwick s most successful bass, and it is the bass that Warwick bass guitar Warwick is best known for. The first Thumb bass was introduced in 1985. Overview The Thumb bass is a favorite with many bass players, both for its technology and for its tone. Its elegant and innovative design, somewhat ergonomically adapted to the human body, has spawned a number of imitators. The Thumb is characterized by its strong attack and well defined mid growl. The Thumb bass comes in three different pickup configurations, depending on whether the bass is a 4 string, 5 string or 6 string. The electronics give the player fast freedom to vary the timbre, but also has a big punch even on the lowest of bass notes, which remain dry and clear, combined with highs that don t become obtrusive. Effective on board equalization permits infinite variations of timbre and the unusual arrangement of the pickups ensures that the sound is always clear and balanced. There are two basic Thumb bass models the Thumb BO Bolt On and the Thumb NT Neck Thru Thumb BO Thumb NT Thumb BO s body of ovangkol has an arched top and a concave back. The three piece ovangkol neck is securely fastened to the body. The gently arched wenge fingerboard with 24 frets offers a high degree of playing comfort. The Thumb NT bass is crafted from selected Bubinga Pommele, Ovangkol, and Tigerstripe Ebony hard woods. These exotic woods, combined with Warwick s construction ... Jack Bruce has a signature Thumb NT model. He also uses a fretless Thumb NT. Ryan Martinie owns at least 5 Warwick Thumb NT models. Jeroen Paul Thesseling is a longtime user of fretless 6 string Thumb models. Dick L vgren owns a fretless Warwick Thumb 6 stringer. Karnivool Jon Stockman , bassist ... more details
Image Compasses orienteering.jpg thumb right Thumb compass on left A thumb compass is a type of compass commonly used in orienteering , a sport in which map reading and terrain association are paramount. Consequently, most thumb compasses have minimal or no degree markings at all, and are normally used only to orient the map to magnetic north. Thumb compasses are also often transparency optics transparent so that an orienteer can hold a map in the hand with the compass and see the map through the compass. Thumb compasses attach to one s thumb using a small elastomer elastic band. The first commercially successful orienteering thumb compass was the Norcompass, introduced by Suunto in 1983. ref http www.cpearce.orconhosting.net.nz Archive AOC COC NovDec 83 OCR.pdf ref The Gear Junkie, a syndicated newspaper columnist in the United States, has an in depth review of thumb compasses. ref http thegearjunkie.com the thumb compass The Gear Junkie, September 2005, Gear Review The Thumb Compass ref Placing an even greater emphasis on speed over accuracy, the wrist compass lacks even a baseplate, consisting solely of a needle capsule strapped to the carpometacarpal joint at the base of the thumb the thumb serves the function of a baseplate when taking and sighting bearings. It is often used for city and park race orienteering . See also Protractor compass Hand compass External links http www.silva.se templates Products 106.aspx?epslanguage EN&productId 68EECE64 791D 4D80 A3D1 1D17D0670FF6 Silva 6 Jet Spectra , a typical modern thumb compass http www.compassmuseum.com The Internet Compass Museum gives comprehensive information about all sorts of compasses and how to use them. References reflist Orienteering type concepts Category Orienteering Category Sports equipment sport equipment stub Orienteering stub ... more details
Thumb hypoplasia is a spectrum of congenital abnormalities of the thumb varying from small defects to complete absence of the thumb ref name Riley Riley, S.A. & Burgess, R.C. 2009 . Thumb Hypoplasia. Journal of Hand Surgery, vol 34A, 1564 1573 ref . It can be isolated, when only the thumb is affected, and in 59 of the cases ref name Ashbaugh Ashbaugh, H. & Gellman, H. 2009 . Congenital Thumb Deformities ... deficiency . Radial dysplasia is the condition in which the forearm bone and the soft tissues on the thumb ... week the thumb will further develop ref name Hovius Hovius, S., Foucher, G. & Raimondi, P.L. 2002 . The Pediatric ... goes wrong with the growth of the thumb but the exact cause of thumb hypoplasia is unknown ref name Riley . One out of every 100.000 live births shows thumb hypoplasia ref name Ashbaugh . In more than ... ref name Ashbaugh . About 86 of the children with hypoplastic thumb have associated abnormalities ref ... of the cardiovascular, neurologic and hematopoietic systems ref name Ashbaugh . Thumb ... is a combination of three or more abnormalities. Examples of syndromes with an hypoplastic thumb are Holt ... ref name Ashbaugh . TOC Classification File Thumb hypoplasia type 2.png thumb left 200px Thumb hypoplasia type 2 File Thumb hypoplasia type 3a.png thumb left 200px Thumb hypoplasia type 3a File Thumb hypoplasia type 3b.jpg thumb right 200px Thumb hypoplasia type 3b File Thumb hypoplasia type 4.jpg thumb right 200px Thumb hypoplasia type 4 File Thumb hypoplasia type 5.png thumb right 200px Thumb hypoplasia type 5 In general there are five types of thumb hypoplasia, originally described by Muller in 1937 and improved by Blauth, Buck Gramcko and Manske ref name Riley . Type I the thumb is small, normal components are present but undersized ref name Manske . Two muscles of the thumb, the abductor ..., T.R. & Gaffey, J.L. 2010 . Reconstruction of the Hypoplastic Thumb. Journal of Hand Surgery, vol 35A, 474 479 ref . Type II is characterized by a tight web space between the thumb and index finger ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Clubbed thumb Image Caption DiseasesDB MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID File Clubbed thumb.jpg right thumb Top view of a child with asymmetric clubbed thumb. Image Clubbed thumb 2.JPG right thumb Side view of a child with asymmetric clubbed thumb A clubbed thumb is a term used to describe the genetic Nail clubbing clubbing of one or both thumb s. It is characterized by a slightly shorter thumb that is round in section and larger at the end. ref cite book url http books.google.co.uk books?id oG5Fn4Ucus4C author Alessandro Castriota Scanderbeg, Bruno Dallapiccola date 2005 title Abnormal Skeletal Phenotypes From Simple Signs to Complex Diagnoses publisher Springer Science Business Media Springer isbn 3540679979 language English page 962 ref The thumb nail is wide and short. The scientific term for clubbed thumb is Brachydactyly type D or BDD . ref name OMIM OMIM 113200 Brachydactyly, Type D BDD. ref The condition is sometimes known as murderer s thumb , a name originally coined by gypsy fortune tellers ref name urlDiagnosis A Show of Hands TIME cite news url http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,828275,00.html title Diagnosis A Show of Hands TIME format work Time accessdate date 1964 03 13 ref or potter s thumb . ref name OMIM References reflist Category Fingers med stub Congenital malformations and deformations of musculoskeletal system ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Thumbs1.jpg thumbnail right First stage of the detachable thumb illusion Image Thumbs2.jpg thumbnail right Second stage of the detachable thumb illusion The Detachable Thumb unknown originator is a very simple close up illusion . Effect The performer appears to remove the end of his own thumb moving it back and forth along his hand or lifting it up. Method There is no particular secret to this illusion the performer simply holds out one hand sideways with the palm out and the tip of the thumb folded down behind the hand. Then he places his other thumb bent so that the tip appears to be connected to the folded down thumb with the forefinger bent to cover the joint. Credits There is no known originator of this trick, and it is likely to be among the oldest tricks in the world. Known variations Meir Yedid USA has created Finger Fantasies , a multitude of variations in which his fingers disappear and reappear in odd ways. Magic and Illusion DEFAULTSORT Detachable Thumb Category Magic tricks ... more details
In anatomy, the thumb extensors are extensor pollicis longus extensor pollicis brevis disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Image Thumb tip.JPG thumbThumb tip Image Thumb tip 2.JPG thumbThumb tip on hand A thumb tip is a magician ... in with the right thumb, the left fist is opened to show the silk has disappeared. Alternatively ... by a small flesh colored imitation thumb tip, usually made of plastic or rubber, which fits loosely over the thumb. Space exists between the thumb and the tip in which a small object can be concealed ... into the tip with the fingers and then finally the right thumb, which comes quickly out of the hand with the tip on, and the object inside, between the tip and thumb. While the audience is looking ... on the left fist. Alternatively, the tip may be kept on the thumb for an indeterminate amount of time ... is achieved in a similar manner, but this time, the tip begins on the right thumb with the object ... hand is empty. The left hand is openly shown to be empty, and is made into a fist. The right thumb is inserted into the left fist, while simultaneously the thumb and right fingers pull the concealed .... Silk is often used because it will compress into a small space in the tip. Thumb tips and finger tips ... types of thumb tips Magicians have used modified thumb tips to accomplish different effects. A thumb ... end. A thumb tip with a small suction cup attached to the tip can be used to create the illusion of floating small objects. In this effect, the tip remains on the magician s thumb while the suction ... attaching the object to the thumb. With the fingers spread, the thumb moves the object in such a way that it appears to be floating independently of the hands. A thumb tip can be prepared ... up a flame, apparently with his or her fingers. Mentalists may use a thumb tip with a piece of pencil ... gimmick . http www.mjmmagic.com store vernet writers nail writers swami thumb tip 2 mm pencil p 894.html A thumb tip embedded with magnets can be utilized in performance to effect a magnetic compass to move. Publications Dusheck s Thumb Tip Magic by Steve Dusheck 1991 Encyclopedia of Thumb Tip Magic ... more details
Infobox disease Name Gamekeeper& 39 s thumb Image Game keepers.png Alt Caption Avulsion fractures of the ulnar base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb Gamekeeper s fracture DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD9 ICD9 ... GeneReviewsName Gamekeeper s thumb also known as skier s thumb or Ulnar collateral ligament thumb UCL tear is a type of injury to the ulnar collateral ligament thumb ulnar collateral ligament UCL of the thumb . The UCL is torn at or in some cases even avulsed from its insertion site into the proximal Phalanx bones phalanx of the thumb in the vast majority approximately 90 of cases. ref Wheeless ... gamekeepers thumb Surgical treatment of acute gamekeeper s thumb ref This condition is commonly observed ... Repair of Gamekeeper s Thumb Injury.jpg thumb 300px A post operative photo of repair of a complete ... s of gamekeeper s thumb are instability of the MCP joint of the thumb, accompanied by pain and weakness ... tear of the UCL in the case of Skier s thumb , or how long the injury has been allowed to progress in the case of gamekeeper s thumb . Characteristic Medical sign signs include pain, swelling, and ecchymosis around the thenar eminence , and especially over the MCP joint of the thumb. Physical examination demonstrates instability of the MCP joint of the thumb. The patient will often manifest a weakened ... complaints include intense pain experienced upon catching the thumb on an object, such as when reaching into a pants pocket. Diagnosis Gamekeeper s thumb and skier s thumb are two similar conditions, both of which involve insufficiency of the ulnar collateral ligament UCL of the thumb. The chief difference between these two conditions is that Skier s thumb is generally considered to be an Acute ... joint metacarpophalangeal MCP joint of the thumb, whereas gamekeeper s thumb typically refers to a Chronic ... hyperabduction over a period of time. Gamekeeper s thumb is more difficult to treat because the UCL ... of the thumb is seen in a wide variety of other athletic endeavors. The most common mechanism of injury ... more details
Not a traditional position string technique position , thumb position is a stringed instrument playing ... it out, using the side of the thumb to press down the strings music string in effect, the side of the thumb becomes a movable nut string instrument nut . On double bass For the double bass, thumb position is used when playing above high G on the third leger line in bass clef notation for the double ... and flattens it out, using the side of the thumb to press down the string. When playing in thumb ... too short to produce a reliable tone. Bass instruction books often teach thumb position by having the player place the left hand thumb on the high G note on the third leger line in bass clef notation ... a larger space between the thumb and the first finger a player with a large hand may even be able to play a high D with their thumb still holding down the G , if they stretch their hand fully open. In this same position, notes below the G can also be played. By barre chord barring the thumb across ... rarely discuss playing on the A or E string in thumb position, French pedagogue Francois Rabbath ... introductory manuals start teaching thumb position by stopping the G string on the high G , any of the notes on the upper part of the fingerboard can be stopped and held by the thumb. One issue with the use of thumb position is that it is harder to produce vibrato with the thumb than with the fingers, because fingers have much fleshier pads than the side of the thumb. While the difference between the vibrato sound produced by the fingers and the thumb may not be noticeable in a passage of moving notes, if there is a held note which is stopped by the thumb, which is vibrated, the difference may be noticeable. As such, some players use finger substitution to replace the thumb with one of the fingers ... applied the thumb position technique to their instruments. While the electric bass and the double bass ... . The advantage of using thumb position on the bass guitar is that the left hand can cover two octaves ... more details
Refimprove date November 2009 File Blacks Law Dictionary.jpg thumb A dictionary with thumb indexes on the right . A thumb index , also called a cut in index ref cite web url http cool.conservation us.org don dt dt3508.html accessdate 2010 11 9 title cut in index ref , is a round cut out in the pages of a dictionary , encyclopedia , or other alphabetized reference work, used to locate entries starting at a particular letter alphabet letter . Not all dictionaries and encyclopedias have thumb indexes their inclusion is considered optional. Other books which often have thumb indices include Bibles, with the index indicating the books of the Bible, as well as other reference matter. References reflist External links Cite web url http www.merriam webster.com dictionary thumb 20index title thumb index year 1903 accessdate November 21, 2009 work Merriam Webster Online Dictionary publisher Merriam Webster Online archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5lU8yiY7Y archivedate November 21, 2009 Category Indexing Category Book design Publish stub ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2007 Thumb twiddling is an activity that is done with the hands of an individual whereby the finger s are interlocked and the thumb s circle around a common focal point, usually in the middle of the distance between the two thumbs. While it is an expression of at least a moderate amount of manual dexterity, thumb twiddling is frequently used as an example of a useless, time wasting activity. It is equated with other activities that are also considered useless by the speaker. Therefore it is most often used as a synonym for an activity that will take the attention of the performer, but will not yield any useful results. Thumb twiddling can be seen as an expression of which hand is Laterality dominant with the individual. The weaker handed thumb will follow the dominant handed thumb in the activity. Variations Two major differences between how people twiddle their thumbs involve whether or not the thumbs touch each other during the activity. Most frequently, the thumbs rotate around a common axis with a small space separating them. However, a number of people twiddle their thumbs so that they continually touch each other, most often at the last knuckle, but sometimes ... their thumbs in the direction where the thumb currently at the top goes towards the fingers. It is also possible to twiddle one s thumbs in the opposite direction, with the thumb at the top going away from the fingers, but this tends to feel awkward in the thumb bones and is thus slower and more stressing ... than regular thumb twiddling. Often, this is part of what is known as the Hat Trick . After twiddling ... behavior Thumb twiddling can start out as an innocent activity, but can become a problem if the individual ... be evidence of a mental or neurological problem. Excessive thumb twiddling may be one of many symptoms of an obsessive compulsive disorder . Medical uses Thumb twiddling can be used as a simple test for manual dexterity. See also Thumb wrestling Category Hand games ... more details
A triphalangeal thumb is a congenital malformation where the thumb has three phalanges instead of two ... a very small phalanx to a full extra phalanx in a more finger like thumb. It was first described by Columbi ... name Lapidus Lapidus PW, Guidotti FP, Coletti CJ, Triphalageal thumb. Surg Gynecol Obstet, 1943 ref ... Ser, 1978 ref File TPT five fingered hand.jpeg thumb Figure 1 TPT five fingered hand Appearance The triphalangeal thumb has a different appearance than normal thumbs. The appearance can differ widely the thumb can be a longer thumb, it can be deviated in the radio ulnar plane clinodactyly , thumb strength ... a combination with radial polydactyly . Fig. 2 . File X ray TPT with polydactyly.tiff thumb Figure 2 TPT with polydactyly Opposable non opposable An opposable thumb can be placed opposite the other four digits or fingers. This function of the thumb is very important for using the hand. It makes ... grips, several factors are necessary adequate thumb position, adequate length of the thumb, stabile joints and adequate thenar muscle or thumb strength. ref name Zguricas Zguricas J, Raeymaecker DM, Snijder ... opposable thumb, the hand can be less effective in use and therefore be problematic in daily ... week. ref name Qazi Qazi Q, Kassner EG, Triphalangeal thumb, J Med Genet, 1988 ref In some cases the TPT ... P, Zguricas J, et al., The gene for triphalangeal thumb maps to the subtelomeric region of chromosome ... of triphalangeal thumb and associated hand malformations, J Med Genet, 1994 ref non opposable and bilateral ... SER Hovius, JM Zuidam, T de Wit, treatment of the triphalangeal thumb, techniques in hand and upper extremity surgery, 2004 ref Syndromes Triphalangeal thumb can occur in syndromes but it can also be isolated. The triphalangeal thumb can appear in combination with other malformations or syndromes. ref ... Townes Brocks syndrome File X ray TPT with polydactyly 2.tiff thumb Figure 3 X ray TPT with polydactyly ... hand or foot Classifications There are multiple classifications for the triphalangeal thumb. The reason ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 Sore Thumb coor dm 76 40 S 161 6 E is a notable rock spire about 1,400 m which rises 50 m above a crest of Elkhorn Ridge , to the east of Topside Glacier , in Convoy Range , Victoria Land . Though not the highest point on the ridge, the spire stands out like a sore thumb and is an excellent reference point. The approved name is a shortened form of Sore Thumb Stack , which had been suggested by New Zealand geologist Christopher J. Burgess during a visit to the area in the 1976 77 season. usgs gazetteer Category Geography of Antarctica EAntarctica geo stub ... more details
Orphan date March 2011 Thumb Promontory coor dm 84 48 S 116 18 W is a prominent rock spur on the north side of Lackey Ridge , Ohio Range . Thumb Promontory was unofficially named by a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program NZARP field party to the Ohio Range, 1979 80. The name was formally proposed by geologist Margaret Bradshaw , member of a second NZARP field party, 1983 84. So named because of the similarity of the upper part of this feature to an upturned thumb from certain angles. usgs gazetteer Category Geography of Antarctica antarctica geo stub ... more details
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