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Carpal bones are 8 in numbers.

Carpal bones are those in your hand/wrist. Your shin bones are your tibia and fibula.

The joints between the carpal and metacarpal bones of the four fingers are arthrodial joints. The thumb is a saddle joint (trapeziometacarpal).

Their function is to ease movement between forearm and wrist

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