enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Bennett's fracture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett's_fracture

    Symptoms of Bennett fracture are instability of the CMC joint of the thumb, accompanied by pain and weakness of the pinch grasp. Characteristic signs include pain, swelling, and ecchymosis around the base of the thumb and thenar eminence, and especially over the CMC joint of the thumb. Physical examination demonstrates instability of the CMC ...

  3. Broken finger - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_finger

    A broken finger or finger fracture is a common type of bone fracture, affecting a finger. [1] Symptoms may include pain, swelling, tenderness, bruising, deformity and reduced ability to move the finger. [2] Although most finger fractures are easy to treat, failing to deal with a fracture appropriately may result in long-term pain and disability.

  4. First metacarpal bone - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_metacarpal_bone

    The first metacarpal bone is short and thick with a shaft thicker and broader than those of the other metacarpal bones. Its narrow shaft connects its widened base and rounded head; the former consisting of a thick cortical bone surrounding the open medullary canal; the latter two consisting of cancellous bone surrounded by a thin cortical shell ...

  5. Carpometacarpal joint - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpometacarpal_joint

    The carpometacarpal joint of the thumb (pollex), also known as the first carpometacarpal joint, or the trapeziometacarpal joint (TMC) because it connects the trapezium to the first metacarpal bone, plays an irreplaceable role in the normal functioning of the thumb. The most important joint connecting the wrist to the metacarpus, osteoarthritis ...

  6. Metacarpophalangeal joint - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacarpophalangeal_joint

    Metacarpophalangeal joint. The palmar aspect of the hand showing the epiphyses of the hand exploded. MCP joints in red. The metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP) are situated between the metacarpal bones and the proximal phalanges of the fingers. [1] These joints are of the condyloid kind, formed by the reception of the rounded heads of the ...

  7. Metacarpal bones - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacarpal_bones

    9612. Anatomical terms of bone. [edit on Wikidata] In human anatomy, the metacarpal bones or metacarpus, also known as the "palm bones", are the appendicular bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the phalanges (fingers) and the carpal bones (wrist bones), which articulate with the forearm. The metacarpal bones are homologous ...

  8. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_fractures

    Hangman. fracture of both pedicles of C2. distraction and extension of neck. Hangman's fracture at Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics online. Hill–Sachs fracture. Harold Arthur Hill. Maurice David Sachs. impacted posterior humeral head fracture occurring during anterior shoulder dislocation. Hill Sachs Lesion at Wheeless' Textbook of ...

  9. Hand injury - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_injury

    Hand injury. The hand is a very complex organ with multiple joints, different types of ligament, tendons and nerves. Hand disease injuries are common in society and can result from excessive use, degenerative disorders or trauma. Trauma to the finger or the hand is quite common in society. In some particular cases, the entire finger may be ...