This is a developing metacarpal joint with skeletal stem cells (green) and mature cartilage cells (blue). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Your wrist is one of the most complicated and frequently used joints in your ... up your fingers and thumb Metacarpals, which extend from the fingers through the hand Carpals, which make up ...

Surgeons have grown new living finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Remarkable 'before and after' pictures of a hand of one of the patients show how the new joints helped to reduce ...

Treatment for swollen finger joints will depend on the cause. For less extreme injuries, rest and icing the swollen location might be enough to lessen the inflammation, but in more severe injuries ...

It also touches two other bones in the wrist joint, the scaphoid and ... s medial surface touches the second metacarpal or the bone of the second finger. The palmar, or front-facing, surface ...

deformities are changes caused by the disease that can make the small joints of your hands and feet become disfigured. As a result, your fingers or toes may bend in an unnatural way, which can ...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Lynx today announced that Lindsay Whalen underwent successful surgery to repair a fracture of her fifth metacarpal in her left hand today at the Mayo Clinic ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The hand is where the mind meets the world. We humans use our hands to build fires and sew quilts, to steer airplanes ...

It’s not just muscles that need training. A little time with connectors like tendons, ligaments and joints can go a long way. It’s not just muscles that need training. A little time with ...

A joint credit card account means both cardholders have complete and equal access to the account. Only a few providers offer these, but most cards let you add a secondary cardholder. Amy Bradney ...