'1 ill JOE D 1 i' THE HA 



The tran ■ ntei innular 



which >re for the retention of the 



an i rnient of the carpus. It conned th il emii 



to the radius, and converts the carp. il. 



I pon the fl< rial are found the ligamei 



carpal bom Fig. i ; radiati ird the- h< . 



the radiate carpal ligament. 



The remaini nich unite th 



bases of the metacarpal 1" 

 intercarpal ligaments, the volar and dot 



number) and </• in numb' Figs. : ... 



ituated in the in: : the m 



THE FINGER- JOINTS. 



The >■ po- phalangeal articulation Figs. 203 I 



of the metacarpal bones and the the proximal phalai 



sun rularlv spherical, the movemei 



articular surfaces of the hi f the meta I I cylindri . 



palmar aspect of the bones, so that the ict duri 



during flexion they are cylindrical. The joinl uently a mixl 



and arthrodial typ< . The m< thum' 



an exception; it resembles the interphalangeal articulations and is a tr 



The articular capsules (Figs. 203 and 205) are th; 

 reinforced in 1 situa 



heads of the metacarpal b . 1 that they become l 

 arise from small depi ■ the hi them. 



The anterior surfaces of the capsules are reinf by the . 



which are connected with the sheaths of the flexor tendoi 

 capitular ligament , which are flal 



to the fifth metacarpal bones. The doi 

 aponeuroses of the fingt 205), which are intimat m. 



The meta phalangeal joint 



and an ulnar Fig. 204), which are embedded in the 



toward the articulation arc covered by cartilage. Sesan ur in 



metacarpo-phalang< al joints of the other fin 



Tlv 



5 are flex< d and exti 



During extension, however, these 



* In connection with the individual ligaments of th cnt 



which passes from the hamulus of the hamate (unciform) arpal b 



metacarpal li 



