hand

Introduction

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)

More general terms

• upper extremity structure

More specific terms

• carpal tunnel (carpal canal)
• mesotendon

Additional terms

• bone of the hand
• hand lesions, skin
• wrist & hand pain

Component of

• upper extremity (upper limb)

Components

• nerve to dorsal interosseous manus
• nerve to palmar interossei
• nerve to lumbricalis manus
• nerve to hypothenar/abductor digiti minimi/flexor digiti minimi/opponens digiti minimi muscle
• nerve to thenar muscle
• dorsal digital nerves of hand
• intermetacarpal joint
• hinge joint (gingyglymus, gingyglymoid joint)
• extensor digital expansion (extensor aponeurosis, dorsal hood, dorsal expansion)
• retinacular ligament
• vinicula tendons of digits of hand/foot (synovial frenula/frena)
• vinicula longum digitorum manus (long vinicula/vinicula longum of fingers)
• vinicula breve digitorum manus (short vinicula/vinicula breve of fingers)
• compartments of palm
• thumb
• hypothenar eminence
• thenar eminence
• metacarpal bone
• trapezium bone
• trapezoid bone
• capitate bone
• hamate bone
• pisiform (lenitform) bone
• triquetrum
• lunate bone
• scaphoid bone (navicular bone of hand)
• carpal bone
• metacarpophalangeal joint (MCP)
• finger/fingers