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Name the two bones of the hand that articulate to form a saddle joint?
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Trapezium and 1st metacarpal
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What is the name of the structures that are on the ends of bones to reduce friction where they articulate with other bones?
our joints, which are made up of mainly cartilage.
What is the name for the place where two bones meet?
It is called a joint which is surronded by cartilage and ligaments.
What is another name for the shoulder blade and what two bones attach to it?
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What is the name of the crack in the skull bone?
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What is type of joint found at the base of the thumb?
The thumb is made up of two phalanges (one distal phalanx and one proximal phalanx), and one metacarpal. At the "visible base" of the thumb, or where the thumb seems to enter the hand, there is a condyloid synovial joint, which involves the articulation of the proximal phalanx on the first metacarpal. The TRUE base of the thumb is where the first metacarpal articulates with the trapezium (a carpal bone of the hand). This joint is a saddle-type synovial joint.
What is the name of the substance that holds the joint bone to the bone?
Ligaments connect bones to bones. Muscles are connected to bone by tendons.
What is the name of the bone marking that articulates with the pelvic girdle?
The illium, ischium, and pubic are the 3 pelvic bones that articulate with the pelvic girdle
What is the name of a thing where a point where two or more bones are connected together?
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What is the type of joint found at the hand called?
The bones of the hand are the carpals (wrist bones), metacarpals (bones under the palm), and phalanges (finger bones). Part of the wrist would include the radius if you consider the wrist part of the hand. The carpals, by name, are the trapezoid, scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, capitate, trapezium, and hamate. The three distinct phalanges are the proximal, middle, and distal phalanges.PhalangesCarpalMetacarpalsare the bones in your hands
