40+ Hand Wrist Joint Anatomy

21.3 radiograph of the wrist anteroposterior view of left limb.

40+ Hand Wrist Joint Anatomy. The wrist and hand form a continuum with the upper extremities and allow the body to reach out to perform a vast number of functions exclusive to primates and humans. The wrist joints lie between the many different bones in the wrist and forearm.

Wrist And Hand Physiopedia
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The wrist joints lie between the many different bones in the wrist and forearm. It passes from the radius to both rows of carpal bones. Learn everything about hand and wrist anatomy using this topic page.

The wrist joint is the complex joint formed between the distal ends (furthest from the body) of the radius and ulna (two forearm bones) and the carpal bones.

Related online courses on physioplus. While the function and structure of the wrist is once of the most complex in the body, the purpose of our wrists is to the wrist serves as a transfer of force from the arm to the hand. The wrist and hand form a continuum with the upper extremities and allow the body to reach out to perform a vast number of functions exclusive to primates and humans. Dip joint (joint closest to the fingertip):