The Hand
Video Description	Video Model to rotate
Read this description and then try to find the structures. Note, you can enlarge at any time by hitting the enlarge button (4 arrows), but you lose this text. If you were in anatomical position, the red plus shows you the posterior, back, of your hand and the blue the anterior side fo your hand. The slide comes up with the phalanges, the bones in your finger, point to your right. All fingers but your thumb have 3 phalanges which are named distal phalanges, medial phalanges, and proximal phalanges. See if you can see them on the picture. Your thumb, on the other hand, only has two phalanges which are the distal phalange and proximal phalange. After the proximal row of phalanges are the metacarpals. There are 5. The carpals are the next 2 rows of bones. Each row has 4 bones. For the distal row I will start on the pinky side. The first bone is the hamate. It has a 231 on it In real life it looks a little la fish hook. The next bone going up, number 229, is the capitate. The last two are the trapezoid and the trapezium. For the proximal row, starting with your pinky side, you will see the pisiform and under the pisiform is the triquetrum. The lunate is the next bone and the last one is the scaphoid. Rotate the model so you can see all 8 of the carpals.