Carpal bones

• 8


  the number of carpals in a single hand
• carpals


  the wrist bones

  
• scaphoid


  the s-shaped, duck-shaped, and boat-shaped carpal bone

  
• lunate


  the bowl-shaped and c-shaped carpal bone

  
• triquetrum


  the boot-shaped carpal bone

  
• pisiform


  the pea-shaped and pea-sized carpal bone

  
• trapezium


  the dinosaur-shaped carpal bone

  
• trapezoid


  the pyramid-shaped carpal bone

  
• capitate


  the bust-shaped carpal bone

  
• hamate


  the foam finger-shaped carpal bone

  
• 5


  the number of metacarpals in a single hand
• 14


  the number of phalanges in a single hand
• metacarpals


  the hand bones

  
• phalanges


  the finger bones

  
• proximal phalanges


  the phalanges closest to the wrist

  
• medial phalanges


  the phalanges between the proximal and distal phalanges

  
• distal phalanges


  the phalanges furthest from the wrist