Anatomy of the Hand

Hand
Bones of the Hand
Carpal bones

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