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    Hand

    Extremity at the end of an arm or forelimb

    A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the koala are often described as having "hands" instead of paws on their front limbs. The raccoon is usually described as having "hands" though opposable thumbs are lacking. Some evolutionary anatomists use the term hand to refer to the appendage of digits on the forelimb more generally—for example, in the context of whether the three digits of the bird hand involved the same homologous loss of two digits as in the dinosaur hand. The human hand usually has five digits: four fingers plus one thumb; these are often referred to collectively as five fingers, however, whereby the thumb is included as one of the fingers. It has 27 bones, not including the sesamoid bone, the number of which varies among people, 14 of which are the phalanges of the fingers and thumb. Wikipedia

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    A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs.A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "hand" and fingerprints extremely similar to human fingerprints) are often described as having "hands" instead of paws on their front limbs.
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  4. britannica.com

    Jan 2, 2025The major function of the hand in all vertebrates except human beings is locomotion; bipedal locomotion in humans frees the hands for a largely manipulative function. In primates the tips of the fingers are covered by fingernails—a specialization that improves manipulation. The palms and undersides of the fingers are marked by creases and covered by ridges called palm prints and fingerprints ...
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  5. eorthopod.com

    A Patient's Guide to Hand Anatomy Introduction Few structures of the human anatomy are as unique as the hand. The hand needs to be mobile in order to position the fingers and thumb. Adequate strength forms the basis for normal hand function. The hand also must be coordinated to perform fine motor tasks with precision.
  6. my.clevelandclinic.org

    Jun 12, 2023Your hands and wrists are some of the most complex parts of your body. Their ability to bend, move and flex helps you complete almost any task or motion you can think of. Hands and wrists are critical to most people's daily routines. Hand and wrist pain are very common, but don't ignore them. If you're feeling new pain (or if the pain is ...
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  8. simple.wikipedia.org

    Human hands Hands. A hand is the part of the body at the end of an arm.Most humans have two hands. Each hand usually has four fingers and a thumb.On the inside of the hand is the palm. The five bones inside this part of the hand are called metacarpals.The wrist connects the hand to the arm. The hand has 27 bones including the wrist bones.
  9. Nov 13, 2023The thenar muscles are three in total; they are evident and easy to palpate on the radial side of the palmar surface of the hand, at the base of the thumb. They form the 'ball' or 'fleshy' part of the thumb known as the thenar eminence, and are named as follows: abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis.A fourth muscle, the adductor pollicis, is also ...
  10. humanbodypartsanatomy.com

    Mar 9, 2024Our hands would only be as nimble with the support of the palmar fascia. We rely on it to perform various daily tasks. With it, our ability to do things is unlimited. Fingers. The fingers play a crucial role in hand function, providing the ability to grip and manipulate objects. This capability is enabled by small bones called phalanges, which ...

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