Did you know that your thumbs are not really fingers? ( My Teacher said that) But if they not, then what are they really?
2007-03-03 07:58:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Your teacher is teaching you wrong stuff. The thumb is one of the five finger. Some ill informed people would use the term finger on only the 4 other ones, as some crazy technical self-important classification, just to get interesting, and it unfortunately caught on (see link).
The word "finger" derives from a old word that means "five", how can the thumb thus not be a finger then?
And in medicine, the thumb is called the first finger.
Tell you teacher to go back to school, as a student. There is a gap in your teacher's knowledge...
2007-03-03 08:09:25 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Finger" can be a loose term. It all depends on what people mean by fingers. When I say "fingers", I usually mean to include thumbs
2007-03-03 08:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by MLBfreek35 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are just called thumbs
2007-03-03 08:52:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Digits.
2007-03-03 08:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thumbs... lol
2007-03-03 08:10:55 · answer #5 · answered by psilocyphener 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋