The summary of class notes + textbook for the human anatomy. In-depth description of the bones, muscles, fascias, and organs of the body with related clinical cases of the musculoskeletal system
The wrist have two crease, but
the bones of the wrist is located
above the wrist
The anatomical carpus have
eight small, irregular bones
Bones are arranged in two
rows, each row bones are
named from radial to ulna side
Proximal: Scaphoid,
Lunate, Triquetrum,
pisiform
Distal: Trapezium,
trapezoid, capitate, hamate
Metacarpal bones (MC)
Five metacarpal bones named
numerically
Metacarpal of the thumb is
first, the little finger is the
fifth
Phalanges (bones of the digits)
The thumb has two bones, the
other have three
The three bones are
proxima, middle and distal
(or distal and proximal for
the thumb)
Hand 1
, Joints at the Wrist
Radio-carpal Joint (RC)
Radius + scaphoid, lunate
Ulno-carpal Joint (UC)
Articular disc
Mid-carpal joint (MC)
Between proximal and distal
rows
Carpo-metacarpal joints (CM)
Thumb: Independent of wrist
movements
Other CM joints participate in
wrist movements
Movements of the Wrist:
Joints of the Hand
Carpometacarpal (CM)
Hand 2
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