Illustration showing the bones of the hand and wrist. Making up the fingers are: distal phalanges, middle phalanges, and proximal phalanges. Metacarpal bones extend into the intermediate part of the hand skeleton. In the carpus (area connecting the hand t

Illustration showing the bones of the hand and wrist. Making up the fingers are: distal phalanges, middle phalanges, and proximal phalanges. Metacarpal bones extend into the intermediate part of the hand skeleton. In the carpus (area connecting the hand t Stock Photo
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3182 x 3656 px | 26.9 x 31 cm | 10.6 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

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Illustration showing the bones of the hand and wrist. Making up the fingers are: distal phalanges, middle phalanges, and proximal phalanges. Metacarpal bones extend into the intermediate part of the hand skeleton. In the carpus (area connecting the hand to the forearm) is the following cluster of bones: trapezoid, trapezium, capitate, scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, hamate, and hamate hook. These connect to the arm bones the radius and ulna.