The joint above the hand is easy but it is called the wrist..
Come on seriously who doent knoe that?
The interphalangeal joints in the fingers are synovial hinge joints. The thumb metacarpal is a saddle joint. The metacarpo-phalangeal joints are synovial ellipsoid joints.
The bones in the finger are attached to the palm of the hand by various muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
The name of a hinge joint in the hand is the interphalangeal joint, found between the phalanges of the fingers. In the foot, the hinge joint is called the interphalangeal joint of the toes, connecting the phalanges.
The joint found at the base of all fingers is called the metacarpophalangeal joint.
The finger joint (also known as a comb joint) is made by cutting a set of complementary rectangular cuts in two pieces of wood, which are then glued. To visualize a finger joint simply interlock the fingers of your hands at a ninety degree angle; hence the name "finger joint."
There are a couple that I can think of:1) Between the hand and the arm is the wrist, which is actually made of Radial-Carpal joints and intercarpal joints.2) The radioulnar joint, of which there are 2:1 - The distal radioulnar joint is formed between the head of the ulna and the ulnar notch on the distal radius2 - The proximal radioulnar joint may be considered part of the elbow, but is actually where the radial head articulates with the radial notch of the ulna.
Joints between your fingers are called metacarpophalangeal joints. They connect the metacarpal bones of the hand to the phalanges of the fingers.
The interphalangeal joints in the fingers are synovial hinge joints. The thumb metacarpal is a saddle joint. The metacarpo-phalangeal joints are synovial ellipsoid joints.
Your thumb is a saddle joint, and your fingers are hinge joints.
The metacarpals are the bones of the hand from the wrist extending to the fingers.
You will need your elbow joint more. Your hand and thumb with the fingers are what you use most of all. You can use a wheelchair if you need to, but there is no replacing the hand and therefore the arm.
The bones in the finger are attached to the palm of the hand by various muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
The name of a hinge joint in the hand is the interphalangeal joint, found between the phalanges of the fingers. In the foot, the hinge joint is called the interphalangeal joint of the toes, connecting the phalanges.
The medical abbreviation MCP joint stands for metacarpophalangeal joint, which is the joint between the metacarpal bones of the hand and the phalanges (fingers).
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A ball-and-socket joint (multiaxial) connects the two bones.
The joint found at the base of all fingers is called the metacarpophalangeal joint.