The wrist looks simple until attention settles on a small bump along the pinky side of the human hand. Many people notice it when twisting the hand, such as turning a doorknob or resting an arm on a ...

An analysis of two theropod dinosaur fossils has shown that they had a type of carpal bone (pisiform) in their wrists—a bone considered important to flight in birds. This discovery by a team of ...

People often fracture or break the bones in their hands or wrists after traumatic injuries. Fractures can cause pain and swelling around the injury. Fractures can also change the position of your ...

A human hand bone discovered in Kenya has shown modern anatomy developed around half-a-million years earlier than was previously thought. Humans have a very distinctive hand anatomy that lets them use ...

The discovery of a 1.4-million-year-old hand-bone fossil reveals that the modern human ability to make and use complex tools may have originated far earlier than scientists previously thought, ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when a combination of health conditions and activities puts pressure on the median nerve. The median nerve passes through the carpal tunnel in your wrist. This pressure ...

Hand surgeons have generally discontinued use of bone cement in total wrist and small joint arthroplasty, but they do not rule out the use of bone cement altogether. “The use of cement in the hand and ...

The discovery of an ancient bone at a burial site in Kenya puts the origin of human hand dexterity more than half a million years earlier than previously thought. In all ways, the bone - a ...