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will call you back within one business day. Hands are made up of
more bones and moving parts than most other areas of the body.
When they’re healthy, these parts all work together. They
perform a large number of tasks. Hands do everything from very
delicate movements to feats of strength. Bones are hard tissues
that give your hand shape and stability. Phalanges are the
finger bones. Metacarpals are the hand bones. Carpals are the
wrist bones. Joints are places where bones fit together,
allowing movement. Ligaments are soft tissues that connect bone
to bone and stabilize your joints. Muscles are soft tissues that
contract (tighten) and relax to move your hand. The synovial
lining produces the fluid inside your joints that makes movement
smooth. Volar plates are hard tissues that stabilize the joints,
keeping fingers from bending backward. Tendon sheaths are fluid-
filled tubes that surround, protect, and guide the tendons.
Tendons are cordlike soft t