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2. Joints of hand - Wikipedia

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   The joints in the hand are joints found at the distal end of the upper limb. The joints are: In the wrist there is the radiocarpal joint between the radius and carpus .

3. Hand - 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.

4. Anatomical terminology - Wikipedia

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   Anatomical terminology is a specialized system of terms used by anatomists, zoologists, and health professionals, such as doctors, surgeons, and pharmacists, to describe the structures and functions of the body. This terminology incorporates a range of unique terms, prefixes, and suffixes derived primarily from Ancient Greek and Latin.

5. Anatomical terms of location - Wikipedia

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   Anatomical terms used to describe a human hand. Several anatomical terms are particular to the hands and feet. [2] Additional terms may be used to avoid confusion when describing the surfaces of the hand and what is the "anterior" or "posterior" surface.

6. Arm - Wikipedia

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   This article uses the former definition; see upper limb for the wider definition. [8] In primates, the arm is adapted for precise positioning of the hand and thus assist in the hand's manipulative tasks. The ball and socket shoulder joint allows for movement of the arms in a wide circular plane, while the structure of the two forearm bones ...

7. Digit (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   Some languages have different names for hand and foot digits (English: respectively "finger" and "toe", German: "Finger" and "Zeh", French: "doigt" and "orteil").. In other languages, e.g. Arabic, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Tagalog, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Persian, there are no specific one-word names for fingers and toes; these are called "digit of the hand" or ...

8. Thumb - Wikipedia

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   Other researchers use another definition, [4] referring to opposition-apposition as the transition between flexion-abduction and extension-adduction; the side of the distal thumb phalanx thus approximated to the palm or the hand's radial side (side of index finger) during apposition and the pulp or "palmar" side of the distal thumb phalanx ...

9. Finger - Wikipedia

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   Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata ] A finger is a prominent digit on the forelimbs of most tetrapod vertebrate animals , especially those with prehensile extremities (i.e. hands ) such as humans and other primates .