Hand & Wrist

Organs in the Hand & Wrist region

9 entries

All Types 9 Muscles 41 Bones 29 Tendons 36 Ligaments 101 Nerves 16 Bursae 3 Joints 19 Vessels 18 Organs 9 Fascia & Spaces 34 Clinical Maps 4

9 entries · Organs

Organ Cuticle (Eponychium) eponychium Hand & Wrist The cuticle, or eponychium, is the thin band of skin at the base of the nail…

Organ Fingerprints (Dermal Ridges) cristae cutis (dermatoglyphi) Hand & Wrist Fingerprints are the patterns of fine ridges on the skin of the fingertips, palms, toes and…

Organ Hyponychium hyponychium Hand & Wrist The hyponychium is the thickened skin under the free edge of the nail, where the nail…

Organ Lunula lunula unguis Hand & Wrist The lunula is the pale, half-moon shaped area at the base of the nail. It is…

Organ Nail Folds vallum unguis Hand & Wrist The nail folds are the folds of skin that frame the nail plate on three sides:…

Organ Nail Matrix matrix unguis Hand & Wrist The nail matrix is the growth zone of the nail, a specialised area of epithelium lying…

Organ Nail Plate lamina unguis Hand & Wrist The nail plate is the hard, translucent plate of tightly packed keratin that forms the visible…

Organ Perionychium (Nail Bed) perionychium (apparatus unguis) Hand & Wrist The nail apparatus includes the germinal matrix (proximal, produces the nail plate), sterile matrix (distal, adheres…

Organ Stratum Lucidum stratum lucidum epidermidis Hand & Wrist The stratum lucidum is a thin clear layer of flattened dead cells found only in very…