bones of the palm of the hand are called capitate.
bones of the palm of the hand are called capitate.
bones of the palm of the hand are called?
capitate
the skeleton of the human hand consists of 27 bones: the eight short carpal bones of the wrist are organized into a proximal row (scaphoid, lunate, triquetral and pisiform) which articulates with the bones of the forearm, and a distal row (trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate), which articulates with the bases of the five metacarpal bones of the hand. the heads of the metacarpals will each in turn articulate with the bases of the proximal phalanx of the fingers and thumb. these articulations with the fingers are the metacarpophalangeal joints known as the knuckles. at the palmar aspect of the first metacarpophalangeal joints are small, almost spherical bones called the sesamoid bones. the fourteen phalanges make up the fingers and thumb, and are numbered i-v (thumb to little finger) when the hand is viewed from an anatomical position (palm up). the four fingers each consist of three phalanx bones: proximal, middle, and distal. the thumb only consists of a proximal and distal phalanx. together with the phalanges of the fingers and thumb these metacarpal bones form five rays or poly-articulated chains.
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they are typically about 12 cm to 18 cm (5" to 7") in length, but can be much longer, and they are often curved, roughly resembling miniature barrel staves. bones can also be flat, for example by the cutting of a yardstick. they are played by holding them between one's fingers, convex surfaces facing one another, and moving one's wrist in such a way that they knock against each other. one method involves placing the bones to either side of the middle finger such that approximately two-thirds of their length extends along the palm while the remainder protrudes above the fingers on the backside of the hand. the hand is held in a loose fist with the bones and the curled fingers roughly parallel to the palm, with the bone closest to the ring finger gently held against the palm by the tip of the ring finger placed on its edge, while the other bone is left free to move in the "hinge" formed by the index and middle fingers as they gently hold it. it is also possible to play the "hinge" on the lower (ring finger) bone while locking the top (index finger) bone against the palm.
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