metacarpals

     

The metacarpus is the intermeiate part of the hand skeleton that is located between the phalanges (bones of the fingers) distally and the carpus which forms the connection to the forearm. The metacarpus consists of metacarpal bones.

Trivia about metacarpals

  • These 5 bones make up the palm of the hand
  • The metatarsal bones are in the foot; these 5 bones lie between the wrist & the fingers
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) Often the result of throwing a punch without keeping the wrist straight, a boxer's fracture is usually a break in the fifth of these hand bones

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