What Is a Metacarpal Fracture? A metacarpal fracture is when one or more bones in the hand, called metacarpals, crack or break. Your hands are complex.

"My Hand Was Like An Elephant's Foot": 11 Brutal Times Actors Broke Bones Or Got Very Injured On Set John Nacion / Variety via Getty Images Comedy Central / Via youtube.com ...

Skeletal system photos and labeled diagrams can help you to understand the parts of the skeleton, how it's organized, the conditions that can affect it, and tests used to diagnose skeletal health.

The thumb is one of five digits on each hand, but it has a different shape and function from the other digits. However, most medical guides refer to the thumb as a finger.

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the Homo genus arose.

Giving robots a hand Scientists 3D print a robotic hand with human-like bones and tendons As a layer is printed, an optical scan IDs flaws and corrects them in the next layer.

A boxer's fracture is defined as a break through the bones of the hand that form the knuckles.

Using two X-ray telescopes, astronomers have visualized the ‘bones’ in one of space's most haunting phenomena, the pulsar wind nebula MSH 15-52, also known as the ‘cosmic hand' or 'hand of God'.

Researchers have successfully created a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons using 3D printing for the first time. A team from ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to accomplish the ...

Raiders cornerback Nate Hobbs said he broke bones in his hand during Monday’s loss to the Chiefs. Hobbs posted the update Wednesday on his Instagram story.

3D-printed designs are usually limited to fast-drying polymers, but a new method enables wild, soft robotic possibilities.

WHEN describing the hand bones of the fossil people of Mount Carmel1, Dr. T. McCown and I had to make a close study of the os magnum (capitatum) of man and ape. We observed that the os magnum of ...