The hand has 27 bones, but this count avoids,
Bones embedded in the tendons, called your sesamoids.
Into three main groups, these can be divided
Phalanges, metacarpals, carpals, with details now provided.
Phalanges are the finger bones and each hand has 14!
Proximal, intermediate, distal phalanges can be seen.
Those closest to the body, are called the proximal,
While the distal ones are at a distance maximal
There’s no intermediate phalanx, in your thumb though,
In this it mirrors the structure, of your big toe!
Articulation means joint, so you can remember with ease,
That interphalangeal articulations, are joints between phalanges.
Your carpals are your wrist bones, and if you will take note please,
Metacarpals run from carpals to proximal phalanges!
Between metacarpals and phalanges, that’s where you’ll find,
Metacarpophalangeal joints, or knuckles, for the unrefined.
And now for the 8 carpals, in two lines of four,
Again, the proximal are close, distal distant from the core.
First we will introduce the distal carpal row,
And there are four of these that you need to know.
Ordered hamate, capitate, trapezoid and then trapezium,
The trapezium is the bone nearest to the thumb!
The four proximal carpals, wrist movements help perform,
The scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, as well as the pisiform!
The forearm has two bones, please don’t forget this!
These bones are the ulna, as well as the radius.
The intercarpal articulations, as a matter of fact,
Are the joints where your carpals, come into contact.
Carpometacarpal articulations, go all the way around.
Where carpals touch metacarpals, these joints can be found,
Now here’s a trick to remember just use this rhyme,
We’re going in a circle, follow along in time!
So long to pinky, here comes the thumb
Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezoid, trapezium!

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