Familiarity with the terms used to describe the anatomy ... hand is important for clinical assessment. The terms “volar” and “palmar” refer to the palm of the hand, and the term “dorsal ...

It also touches two other bones in the wrist joint, the scaphoid and trapezoid bones. This article will discuss the anatomy of the ... also known as the thumb. The dorsal, or rear-facing, surface ...

Some evidence suggests that this ability makes the thumb responsible for roughly 40% of the hand functions. This article discusses the function and anatomy ... in size, bones, joints, and function.

Scientists have found a new hand bone from a human ancestor who roamed ... Humans have a distinctive hand anatomy that allows them to make and use tools. Apes and other nonhuman primates do ...

A human hand bone discovered in Kenya has shown modern anatomy developed around half-a-million years earlier than was previously thought. Humans have a very distinctive hand anatomy that lets them ...