Hand - Science

This blog post will be about a human hand and how it works and everything that is in the hand. 

The hand is made up of 6 things

- Tendons

- Joints

- Bones

- Ligaments 

- Muscles 

- Cartilage 

In your fingers there are bones, joints, cartilage, ligaments and tendons running down your fingers. 

Muscles are not located in your fingers . 

Tendons: Tendons are like the thread they start a the top of the finger and wrap around a bone, they go through your fingers to your forearm. 

Joints: The joints in the fingers are where the bones meet and allow the bones to move smoothly. They are in between each bone.

Bones: There are 3 bones in each fingers but 2 bones in the thumb, there are also bones in the palm for each fingers. The bones of the hand provide flexibility. 

Ligaments: Ligaments are tough pieces of connective tissue that join one bone to another, they are attached to either side of joint.

Muscles: The muscles are not located in the finger but in our forearm, the tendons attach to the muscles. 

Cartilage: The cartilage is inside of the joints, it stops the bones from rubbing together.