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.
The fingertips are the most sensitive part of the hand. They have a higher concentration of touch receptors compared to the palm or back of the hand, allowing for more precise and detailed sensory information to be gathered.
The skin of the palm has no hair because there are not hair follicles.
the dorsal side of an organism is its top or back side. (the opposite is is ventral side).
The bottom part of your hand is the Palmar sideand the top part is the Dorsal side.
The hand is one of the more complex features of the skeletal system. The first and foremost reason is that the hand is not made from 1-2 connecting bones. In fact, the hand contains exactly 27 bones connected by ligaments and other soft tissue. The palmar (palm) region of the hand contains 8 of the 27 bones known as the Carpals.
The fingertips are the most sensitive part of the hand. They have a higher concentration of touch receptors compared to the palm or back of the hand, allowing for more precise and detailed sensory information to be gathered.
elbow is more sensitive than the palm or hand.
The opposite of the palm of your hand is the back of your hand. While the palm is the inner surface that faces you when your hand is open, the back of the hand is the outer surface that faces away.
The skin of the palm has no hair because there are not hair follicles.
isn't it just called "the back"? as in "I know it as well as the back of my hand".
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
The skin of the palm has no hair because there are not hair follicles.
In case the surface is hot, you wont burn your palm, and will still be able to use your hand.
because the palm of your hands have more sweat glands than other places on your body
The palm of the hand is sensitive to allow us to feel and interact with objects more effectively. This sensitivity helps us grasp and manipulate objects with precision, detect texture, temperature, and pain, and is crucial for activities that require fine motor skills. Additionally, the sensitivity of the palm enhances our ability to communicate emotions through touch.
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.
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