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What is the the most sensitive part of the hand the palm or the back?
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∙ 13y ago
For left handers, it is usually their left hand, and for right handers, it's usually their right hand.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe "INDEX" (the finger next to the thumb) is the most sensitive finger.
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∙ 11y agoThe fingers. Our fingers are more than three times more sensitive to touch than are the palms of our hands. And the dominant hand is more sensitive than the non-dominant hand.
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∙ 15y agoIn betwee the fingers is a great place to get burnt and the back for the cold
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∙ 13y agoit is the pinky or the ring finger due to it not used to touching this such as the index finger which is
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∙ 13y agopalm
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Is palm more sensitive than hand back?
The skin on the palm has more nerve endings than the back in order to protect the body from pain. When you feel something hot or painful you feel it quickly and pull it away from that discomfort.
What is a part of your hand or a kind of tree?
There are several parts that make up a human hand, here are the most common, fingers, knuckles, thumb, palm, finger nails.
How does the skin of your palm differ from that on the back of your hand?
The skin of the palm has no hair because there are not hair follicles.
What bones make up the palm?
The bones in your palm are called: Metacarpals.
A movement of the forearm in which the palm of the hand is turned from posterior to anterior is supination?
Yes. Supination is the movement of the forearm in which the palm of the hand is turned from posterior to anterior.
Is palm more sensitive than hand back?
The skin on the palm has more nerve endings than the back in order to protect the body from pain. When you feel something hot or painful you feel it quickly and pull it away from that discomfort.
Why do nurses test a baby's bath water with their elbow?
elbow is more sensitive than the palm or hand.
How does the skin on your palm differ from that back posterior of your hand?
The skin of the palm has no hair because there are not hair follicles.
What is the side of your hand called that is opposite the palm side?
isn't it just called "the back"? as in "I know it as well as the back of my hand".
Inner surfaces of the hands?
The back of the hand, i.e. not the palm, is called the Dorsum. The same word is used to refer to the top of the foot, i.e. not the sole. Incorrect to reffer to the dorsum of the foot as the back as it is clearly continuous with the front of the leg.Well, ^ is technically correct. The back of your hand is called a dorsum. But that's not the name. If you look up dorsum, it just tells you its the dorsal part of the structure. The actualnamed part of the back of the hand is the opisthenard
Why should you check for hot surfaces with the back of your hand instead of the palm?
In case the surface is hot, you wont burn your palm, and will still be able to use your hand.
How do you sign all in sign language?
Hands are placed palm to palm with the right hand with thumb down, left hand thumb up. The right hand circles around the left coming to rest in the original position only with the back of the right hand ending up facing the palm of the left hand.
How does the skin on the palm of hand differ from that on the back of hand?
palmar aponeurosis a thickening of the deep fascia covering the palm of the hand. palmar aponeurosis is composed of very dense connective tissue that extends out into each of the fingers
Why is your palm lighter than the rest of your skin?
It is not as exposed to sunlight as the other or back part of the hand. Also, the skin of the palm is different from the skin of the rest of the hand. Just take a look.
Why is your palm lighter than the rest of our skin?
It is not as exposed to sunlight as the other or back part of the hand. Also, the skin of the palm is different from the skin of the rest of the hand. Just take a look.
Parts of a hand?
palm, knuckles, fingers, nails, metacarpals, phalanges, hypothenar eminence
What kind of tree can you hold in your hand?
A palm tree - as palm is a part of the hand
