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Hand

A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "hand" and fingerprints extremely similar to human fingerprints) are often described as having "hands" instead of…

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FMA
9712
Greek
χείρ (kheír)
Latin
manus
MeSH
D006225
Nerve
Ulnar, median, radial nerves
TA2
148

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Hand

Nodes183
Edges182
Triples82
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010929
Components1

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Hand

Top relations

related to Clinical significance · 8
Hand → Additionally, Catel-Manzke, Hereditary, One, Or, Polydactyly, The, There
related to Skin · 8
Hand → All, Compared, In, Indeed, On, The, These, They
related to Evolution · 7
Hand → Functional, Hominidae, It, Paleolithic, The, This, While
related to Bones · 6
Hand → At, Because, I-V, The, These, Together
related to External links · 6
Hand → Board, Canada, Faces, HandThe Invisible Hand, Human Hand Function, Neurocognitive Mechanisms
related to Additional images · 5
Hand → Bones, Dorsal, Illustration, Static, Volar
related to Areas · 4
Hand → Areas, It, Its, The
related to Structure · 4
Hand → Apes, Hands, Many, The
is a · 3
Hand → area anteriorly to the bases of the metacarpal bones, prehensile, scaphoid fracture
related to Blood supply · 3
Hand → The, These, Together

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fingers thumb bones hands finger distal human carpal also metacarpal digits skin joints nerve two forearm wrist thumbs palm little

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HandFMA97121.00infobox
HandGreekχείρ (kheír)1.00infobox
HandLatinmanus1.00infobox
HandMeSHD0062251.00infobox
HandNerveUlnar, median, radial nerves1.00infobox
HandTA21481.00infobox
HandTA98A01.1.00.0251.00infobox
HandVeinDorsal venous network of hand1.00infobox
Handis aprehensile0.90text
Handis aarea anteriorly to the bases of the metacarpal bones0.90text
Handis ascaphoid fracture0.90text
humansinstance ofmulti-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates0.80text

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