Hinge
nope. easy way to remember: proximal=proximity, hence closer to the body, and distal=distance, hence further away from the body. so the wrist is distal to the shoulder, and the shoulder is proximal to the wrist. make sense?
Carpel tunnel syndrome causes a wrist and hand to be stiff and sore. Tendonitis of the wrist, sprains, and arthritis can also cause a hand and wrist to swell, be sore, and stiff.
The wrist is proximal to the hand.
A more correct term would be that the hand in distal to the wrist.
No. When the body is in the anatomical position, the thumb is further away from the midline. You say that the thumb is lateral to the ring finger.
Wrist
No, the Ball and socket joint is in the hand and wrist. An example of a hinge joint is the knee.
Typically a wrist cordage is worn on the right hand.
Your wrist is between your arm and your hand.
the hand definatley includes the fingers, but i would think that the wrist is a different part entirely.
None. Because the wrist is the joint of the arm and the hand.
the wrist of a frog is like the wrist of a human it is there to bend and make the hand able to move