A more correct term would be that the hand in distal to the wrist.
The wrist is proximal to the hand.
Wrist
Another name for your wrist is your carpus. It is the cluster of eight bones in your wrist that connect the hand to the forearm.
The wrist is bent by the wrist flexor muscles, including the flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, and palmaris longus. These muscles are responsible for flexing the hand at the wrist joint.
There are eight carpal bones that make up the wrist joint in the hand.
No. It is superior to the wrist.
A wrist is a part of your elbow that allows for movement.
nope. easy way to remember: proximal=proximity, hence closer to the body, and distal=distance, hence further away from the body. so the wrist is distal to the shoulder, and the shoulder is proximal to the wrist. make sense?
Yes. The hand is located inferior to the elbow, and the elbow is superior to the hand.
Carpel tunnel syndrome causes a wrist and hand to be stiff and sore. Tendonitis of the wrist, sprains, and arthritis can also cause a hand and wrist to swell, be sore, and stiff.
The wrist is proximal to the hand.
No. When the body is in the anatomical position, the thumb is further away from the midline. You say that the thumb is lateral to the ring finger.
Wrist
Your wrist is between your arm and your hand.
Typically a wrist cordage is worn on the right hand.
No, the Ball and socket joint is in the hand and wrist. An example of a hinge joint is the knee.
the hand definatley includes the fingers, but i would think that the wrist is a different part entirely.