What is the name of the flap of skin between the thumb and first finger?

Subject: What is the name of the flap of skin between the thumb and first finger?

Date: Wed Nov 23 05:55:28 2005
Posted by Hanna
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
City: London State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Anatomy
ID: 1132750528.An

Message:


Just a curiosity inspired by the film The English Patient where a character 
mentions a name of the nape of the neck-is there a source of obscure anatomical 
terms and I keep finding stuff to do with function but I just want a name!

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