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hand
True hands appear only in the mammalian order of primates.
They consist of 4 fingers & an opposable thumb.
The human hand has at least 27 bones
- 7 carpal bones
- 5 metacarpal bone
- 14 digital bones (phalanges)
Related
bone of the hand
hand lesions, skin
wrist & hand pain
Specific
carpal tunnel (carpal canal)
mesotendon
General
upper extremity structure
References
- Wikipedia: Hand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand
Component-of
upper extremity (upper limb)
Components
capitate bone
carpal bone
compartments of palm
dorsal digital nerves of hand
extensor digital expansion (extensor aponeurosis, dorsal hood, dorsal expansion)
finger/fingers
hamate bone
hinge joint (gingyglymus, gingyglymoid joint)
hypothenar eminence
intermetacarpal joint
lunate bone
metacarpal bone
metacarpophalangeal joint (MCP)
nerve to dorsal interosseous manus
nerve to hypothenar/abductor digiti minimi/flexor digiti minimi/opponens digiti minimi muscle
nerve to lumbricalis manus
nerve to palmar interossei
nerve to thenar muscle
pisiform (lenitform) bone
retinacular ligament
scaphoid bone (navicular bone of hand)
thenar eminence
thumb
trapezium bone
trapezoid bone
triquetrum
vinicula breve digitorum manus (short vinicula/vinicula breve of fingers)
vinicula longum digitorum manus (long vinicula/vinicula longum of fingers)
vinicula tendons of digits of hand/foot (synovial frenula/frena)
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