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Your metacarpals are to let you move your hand back-and-forth and to grab stuff

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What are the bones of the hands and feet known as?

The group of bones of the wrist are the carpals, and of the ankles are the tarsals. Each of the carpals and tarsals has an individual name as well. The bones of the palm are the metacarpals, and the bones of the sole are the metatarsals. The finger bones and toe bones are both called phalanges.


Where are the majority of your boned located?

The majority of your bones are in your hands and feet including the carpals, metacarpals,and phalanges in your hands, and in your feet there are the tarsals, metatarsals (FYI meta means middle so metatarsals and metacarpals are in the middle of your feet and hands) and phalanges.


Why are the metatarsals tarsals carpals and metacarpals small to the other bones?

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Which of these bones is not associated with the foot a talus 0r calcanues or metatarsals or tarsals or metacarpals?

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What is the name for the bones in your feet and hands?

The group of bones of the wrist are the carpals, and of the ankles are the tarsals. Each of the carpals and tarsals has an individual name as well. The bones of the palm are the metacarpals, and the bones of the sole are the metatarsals. The finger bones and toe bones are both called phalanges.


What is section of human body incorporatinginterphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints?

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Do pigs walk on metatarsals or metacarpals?

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What Bones are present in both the hand and the foot?

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Do humans walk on their metacarpals or metatarsals?

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