Hands

All about Hands

100

Provides structural support and rigidity to hands 

Bones 

200

This connects bone to bone 

Ligaments 

300

This connects bones to muscles 

Tendons 

400

This allows movement and I have three groups, moveable, semi moveable and fixed 

Joints

500

This acts as a shock absorber between joints.  

Cartlidge 

Pointy Things

100

These are unique to all humans 

Fingerprints 

200

This is comprised from human hair 

Fingernails. 

300

All of these are fingers but not all fingers are these 

Thumbs 

400

The main bones in the fingers are known as these 

Phalanges 

500

The fingers have none of these essential items, instead it controlled by the ones in the forearm and palm.  

Muscles. 

This and That

100

How long does it take a fingernail to grow back if lost 

6 months. 

200

The human hands have this many bones 

27

300

What percentage of work place incidents involves the hands. 

One Sixths 

400

It is almost impossible to do this.  

Move one finger without moving the others 

500

Even though hands make up a small amount of the body, they have this percentage of the over all bones in the body 

25%

Fun Facts

100

Only 15% of people are this

Left Handed 

200

Besides providing a unique identity, fingerprints provide this 

Grip and enhanced sense of touch 

300

The longest fingernails recorded in history were this long

20 feet and 2.25 inches long and took 48 years to grow. 

400

Fingers are almost never this

Perfectly straight

500

What is the percentage of disability injuries involving the hands and fingers

25%