The thumb is one of the fingers on the human hand. Thumbs are different from the other four fingers because they face in a different direction, have fewer joints, and are shorter. Thumbs allow us to pick things up. This is called having opposable thumbs.

Body parts

Polze | Daume | Daumen | Thumb | Pulgar | Dikfingro | Pouce (anatomie) | Polexo | Pulgar | אגודל | Duim (vinger) | 親指 | Kciuk | Pulgar | Большой палец | Peukalo | Tumme