Sunday, September 22, 2013
Fascinating Facts about Hands
Fascinating Facts about Hands
Hands are the miraculous little machines that dangle at the end of our arms that takes care for yourself.
well every body know how to shake and wave them,write and drive with them.
Here are the few Fascinating facts about Hands
1) There are no muscles inside the fingers and all of them are present inside the palm and arm region and they are attached to the tendons inside the fingers.
2) Caucasian children are much more likely to be born with webbed fingers.
3) There are 29 bones in our hand.
4) Coming to ligaments the count is 123.
5) Children who born with extra fingers are mostly African american children.
6) Around one quarter of athletic and sporting injuries involve the hand and wrist.
7) Young children under the age of six are at the greatest risk for crushing or burning injuries to their hands.
8) Each thumb is powered by nine separate muscles.
9) Fingernails do not have feeling but if you lose one, the feeling is altered in the corresponding area on the palm.
10) Fingernails are actually hair that has been modified.
11) Just like a snowflake, no two fingerprints are alike.
12) The skin on the palm is unique in its inability to grow hair.
13) Palm skin doesn't tan.
14) Julius Caesar had captured warriors' thumbs chopped off in order to send a message to their superior officers.
15) One out of every six birth defects involves the hand and wrist area.
16) When a nerve is cut in the palm, the skin in the area loses its ability to perspire.
17) Osteoarthritis is more common in elderly women than in elderly men.
18) One third of all emergency room visits involve the hands and wrists.
19) Thirty-four muscles work together to move the fingers and thumbs.
20) Hand surgery did not exist as a medical specialty until after World War II.
21) The most common disabling work injuries involve the upper extremities which account for about a quarter of all disabling work injuries. One in six disabling work injuries involve the fingers.
22) The anatomical design of our fingers is special as there are no muscles inside the fingers. The muscles which move our finger joints are found in the palm and mid forearm. Connected to the finger bones by tendons they pull our fingers just like the strings of a puppet.
23) Did you know the wrinkles on the back of your finger knuckles are dimples in the skin where it is attached to the tendon below?
24) Each hand has 34 muscles which move the fingers and thumb. These include 17 muscles in the palm of your hand and 18 in your forearm.
25) Do you know your thumb is controlled by 9 individual muscles which are controlled by all 3 major hand nerves?
26) Almost 90% of women and 80% of men in the age group 75 to 79 years have x-ray evidence of osteoarthritis in their hands.
27) There are many English words which describe parts of the hand which are ancient with their origins buried in the roots of the language itself. This describes the important relationship between the development of the hand and the development of language.
Hands are the miraculous little machines that dangle at the end of our arms that takes care for yourself.
well every body know how to shake and wave them,write and drive with them.
Here are the few Fascinating facts about Hands
1) There are no muscles inside the fingers and all of them are present inside the palm and arm region and they are attached to the tendons inside the fingers.
2) Caucasian children are much more likely to be born with webbed fingers.
3) There are 29 bones in our hand.
4) Coming to ligaments the count is 123.
5) Children who born with extra fingers are mostly African american children.
6) Around one quarter of athletic and sporting injuries involve the hand and wrist.
7) Young children under the age of six are at the greatest risk for crushing or burning injuries to their hands.
8) Each thumb is powered by nine separate muscles.
9) Fingernails do not have feeling but if you lose one, the feeling is altered in the corresponding area on the palm.
10) Fingernails are actually hair that has been modified.
11) Just like a snowflake, no two fingerprints are alike.
12) The skin on the palm is unique in its inability to grow hair.
13) Palm skin doesn't tan.
14) Julius Caesar had captured warriors' thumbs chopped off in order to send a message to their superior officers.
15) One out of every six birth defects involves the hand and wrist area.
16) When a nerve is cut in the palm, the skin in the area loses its ability to perspire.
17) Osteoarthritis is more common in elderly women than in elderly men.
18) One third of all emergency room visits involve the hands and wrists.
19) Thirty-four muscles work together to move the fingers and thumbs.
20) Hand surgery did not exist as a medical specialty until after World War II.
21) The most common disabling work injuries involve the upper extremities which account for about a quarter of all disabling work injuries. One in six disabling work injuries involve the fingers.
22) The anatomical design of our fingers is special as there are no muscles inside the fingers. The muscles which move our finger joints are found in the palm and mid forearm. Connected to the finger bones by tendons they pull our fingers just like the strings of a puppet.
23) Did you know the wrinkles on the back of your finger knuckles are dimples in the skin where it is attached to the tendon below?
24) Each hand has 34 muscles which move the fingers and thumb. These include 17 muscles in the palm of your hand and 18 in your forearm.
25) Do you know your thumb is controlled by 9 individual muscles which are controlled by all 3 major hand nerves?
26) Almost 90% of women and 80% of men in the age group 75 to 79 years have x-ray evidence of osteoarthritis in their hands.
27) There are many English words which describe parts of the hand which are ancient with their origins buried in the roots of the language itself. This describes the important relationship between the development of the hand and the development of language.
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