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Terminal part of the forearm with a tactile and prehensile function and a thumb opposable to the other fingers. The skeleton of the hand has 27 bones.
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distal phalange proximal phalange distal phalange middle phalange proximal phalange metacarpal hamate triquetral pisiform lunate trapezium trapezoid capitate scaphoid radius ulna carpus metacarpus phalanges

distal phalange click to hear : distal phalange

Last phalange of the finger bearing a nail.

proximal phalange click to hear : proximal phalange

First phalange of the finger; it is connected to the metacarpus.

distal phalange click to hear : distal phalange

Last phalange of the finger bearing a nail.

middle phalange click to hear : middle phalange

Second phalange of the finger between the proximal and distal phalanges. The thumb does not have a middle phalange.

proximal phalange click to hear : proximal phalange

First phalange of the finger; it is connected to the metacarpus.

metacarpal click to hear : metacarpal

Each of the five bones forming the metacarpus. The metacarpal bone of the thumb is very mobile.

hamate click to hear : hamate

Bone of the anterior row of the carpus, articulating especially with the metacarpal bones of the third and little fingers.

triquetral click to hear : triquetral

Last bone in the posterior row of the carpus, set opposite the thumb.

pisiform click to hear : pisiform

Bone of the posterior row of the carpus; it is the smallest of the carpal bones.

lunate click to hear : lunate

Bone of the posterior row of the carpus articulating especially with the radius to form the wrist.

trapezium click to hear : trapezium

Bone of the anterior row of the carpus articulating especially with the metacarpal bone of the thumb.

trapezoid click to hear : trapezoid

Bone of the anterior row of the carpus articulating especially with the metacarpal bone of the index finger.

capitate click to hear : capitate

Bone of the anterior row of the carpus articulating especially with the metacarpal bone of the middle finger.

scaphoid click to hear : scaphoid

The largest bone in the posterior row of the carpus articulating with the radius to form the wrist.

radius click to hear : radius

Long bone making up the outer section of the forearm; it is connected especially to the carpal bones to form the wrist joint.

ulna click to hear : ulna

Long bone forming the inner portion of the forearm, and articulating especially with the radius.

carpus click to hear : carpus

All eight short articulated bones, laid out in two rows, forming the wrist and giving it a wide range of motion; it connects the radius to the metacarpus.

metacarpus click to hear : metacarpus

All five long bones forming the palm of the hand; they link the anterior row of the carpus to the proximal phalanges.

phalanges click to hear : phalanges

Articulated bones forming the skeleton of the fingers; each finger has three, while the thumb has two.