The hand contains 14 phalanges—the bones that make up the fingers. The term phalanx is singular, referring to one finger bone ...

The thumb alone is controlled by nine separate muscles. Some are anchored to bones within ... can use the same anatomy to throw a ball at a hundred miles an hour. The hand is so remarkable that ...

Andreas Otte examined the left hand, as too many bones are missing from the right ... as much as 10¼ inches from thumb to last finger with the hand open wide. Using those measurements, Otte ...