Hand Flashcards
What are the different parts of the hands?
- Carpals
- Metacarpals
- Proximal phalanges
- Intermediate phalanges
- Distal phalanges
How many carpals are in the hand?
8
How many metacarpals, proxmial phalanges and distal phalanges are there?
5
How many intermediate phalanges are there?
4
What are the 8 carpals?
- Scarphoid
- Lumate
- Triquetral
- Pisiform
- Trapezium
- Trapezoid
- Capitate
- Hamate
What does the Scaphoid articulate to?
Promixmal - The radius
Distal - Trapezium and trapezoid
Medial - Lunate and capitate
What is the articulation to the radius?
Proximal - Radius
Distal - capitate and hamate
Lateral - Scaphoid
Medial - Triquetral/triquetrum
What is articulated to the Triquetral ?
Distal - Hamate
Lateral - Lunate
Medial - Pisiform
What is articulated to the Pisiform?
Lateral - Triquestral
What is articulated to the Trapezium?
Proximal - Scaphoid
Distal - First and second metacarpal
Medial - Trapzoid
What is articulated to the Trapezoid?
Proximal - Scaphoid
Distal - Second metacarpal
Lateral - Trapezium
Medial - Capitate
What is articulated to the Capitate?
Proxmial - Scaphoid and Lunate
Distal - Second, third and fourth metacarpals
Lateral - Trapezoid
Medial - Hamate
What is articulated to Hamate?
Proximal - Triquetral
Distal - Fourth and fifth metacarpal
Lateral - Capitate
What is the First Metacarpal articulated to?
Proximal - Trapezium
DIstal - Proximal phalanx
What is the Second Metacarpal articulated to?
Proximal - Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and MC3
Distal - Proximal phalanx
What is the third metacarpal articulated to?
Proximal - Capitate, MC2 and MC4
Distal - Proximal Phalanx
What articulates with the fourth metacarpal?
Proximal - Capitate, Hamate, MC3, MC5
Distal - Proximal Phalanx
What articulates with the fifth metacarpal?
Proximal - Hamate and MC4
Distal - Proximal Phalanx
What digit does not have an intermediate phalanx?
1st
