hand and wrist palpations

thumb

phalange 1

pinky

phalange 5

only has two joints

Thumb only has two joints! NOT THREE!

MCP joints 1-5

where the metacarpal meets the phalange

metacarpals 1-5

long bones on palm of hand

scaphoid

Palpated using snuff box (+) handshake test

lunate

most dislocated bone in the body, palpate by following 3rd metacarpal

pisiform

feels like a knob on the edge of your hand

hook of hamate

should be lined between 4th and 5th metacarpal

distal radius

thumb side; lateral when in supination and medial when in pronation

lister’s tubercle

grain of rice on radius

distal ulna

pinky side; medial when in supination and lateral when in pronation

ulnar styloid

below wrinkles of wrist; notch of pinky side

tfcc (triangular fibrocartilage complex)

In between ulnar styloid and pisiform; palpate in-between gap

distal phalanx

DIP is in between (2-5)

middle phalanx

PIP is in between (2-5)

proximal phalanx

distal, middle,

IP joint

is in between distal and middle, only on THUMB