How many bones and joints are in the hand?

Bones in the hand 27: 8 carpals, 5 metacarpals and 14 phalanges; if with the radius and ulna, then 29 bones. And these bones form 19 joints: 3 in the wrist joint, 2 joints are located at the carpometacarpal level, 5 metacarpophalangeal joints and 9 interphalangeal joints.



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