KIN 489e Anatomy Lab #5 2013

1. General Overview
The skeletal structures of the wrist and hand contain 27 bones arranged into the carpus,
metacarpus, and phalanges. By the end of this lab, you should have an understanding of the
hand, including important joints, articulations and muscles.
2. Objectives
Examine the following skeletal components. Note any major markings on each of the
structures (i.e. muscle attachment points, joint connections).
i) Carpal bones (lateral to medial)
a) scaphoid
b) lunate
c) triquetrium
d) pisiform
e) trapezium
f) trapezoid
g) capitate
h) hamate (hook of hamate)
ii) Metacarpals first, second, third, fourth, and fifth
iii) Phalanges proximal to distal phalanges (thumb, and 2nd to 5th digits)
Note: Your hand is partially contracted even when relaxed. The muscles that extend your
hand are not as strong as the muscles that flex it.
The Hand: The muscles of the hand (total = 18).
1) hypothenars i) Abductor Digiti Minimi.
ii) Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis.
iii) Opponens Digiti Minimi.
2) Thenars
i) Abductor Pollicis Brevis.
ii) Flexor Pollicis Brevis.
iii) Opponens Pollicis.
iv) Adductor Pollicis.
3) Dorsal (4) and Palmar (3) Interossei,
4) Lumbricals (4).
Name the bones in the proximal row of the carpus. Which of these bones articulate with the
radius?
Where are the styloid processes of the wrist area? What are their functions? On your wrist
and those of a partner palpate where the carpal bones could be found. Where is the
Pisiform?
Which metacarpal is proximal to the little finger (i.e. what number)?
Which metacarpals articulate with the hamate carpal?
What muscle do you use to give a thumbs up?
What muscles do the following actions:
i) abduction of the digits
ii) adduction of the digits
iii) opposition of the thumb
iv) flexion of fingers v) extension of fingers
What is the cutaneous innervation of the hand? Can you outline the distributions for the three
nerves that serve the hand?