While hand and wrist anatomy is complex, it can be broken down into the following sections: Carpus (wrist bones). The wrist joint begins at the end of two of your forearm bones: the radius and the ...

At most institutions, oblique radiographs are included as part of the standard wrist and hand exam to increase sensitivity to carpal, metacarpal, and phalangeal fractures, respectively (Fig. 2).

There are 27 bones in the hand and wrist that allow humans to complete delicate tasks like writing or using sign language. Let's take a closer look.

Figure 13. Right wrist arthrogram with the hand in the posteroanterior position, digital subtraction technique. Ionic contrast is identified within the midcarpal compartment of the wrist.

The hand and the wrist are complex. They have a higher concentration of joints than any other part of the body. 1 The accompanying video and this print supplement describe the anatomy of the hand ...

Synovectomy can make a drastic difference in how your hand or wrist works and get rid of pain. A day or two after surgery, you’ll start rehab to work on flexing the joint.

Proper wrist flexion is important for daily tasks like grasping objects, typing, and hand function. Here's what normal wrist flexion should be, how to tell if you have a problem, and exercises you ...

Her right wrist and hand dwarfed those on the left. Her fingers were puffy and tingled with pricks of invisible pins and needles. She was right-handed, and now she couldn’t turn a doorknob or ...

Background: The sport of rock climbing has its own spectrum of injuries, almost half of which involve the wrist and hand. Objective: To examine the incidence of acute wrist and hand injuries in 545 ...

Musculoskeletal Examination of the Elbow, Wrist, and Hand: Making the Complex Simple; 2012. Osteoarthritis (OA), sometimes termed degenerative arthritis, is the most common type.