Under the thumb A falconer will hold the bird's rope under the thumb to prevent it from flying away.
They were read from the thumb to the pinkie: do God's will, examine your conscience, repent, confess and be content.
In the process, reliance on the thumb to type has re-established its place in the hierarchy of the hand.
As Lucy's condition worsened, the EB fused the fingers of one hand together, and the thumb to her palm.
We chose to use two peltier devices (one on the index finger and the other on the thumb), to simulate temperature.
The upper register, at the octave, is obtained by "pinching" the thumbhole (flexing the thumb to make a narrow opening above the thumbnail).
The Rangers' medical director, Dr. John Conway, said Rodriguez will need as long as five months for the thumb to heal completely.
Testaverde resists the idea that it may be best for him to stop practicing and allow the thumb to heal completely.
Again, this requires the thumb to be of precisely the right length, and to originate in precisely the right place at the side of the palm.
It resembles a wrist splint tied to electronics, and sends small electrical impulses directly into the nerve, causing the thumb to visibly twitch, and reads the strength of the impulses on the other end.
The cherry is placed on a round doughnut-shaped plate, and a thin stainless-steel shaft on a spring is pushed down with the thumb to pierce the cherry and push the pit out through the hole in the plate.
