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# Fun Facts About Your Hands

![](https://img.lb.wbmdstatic.com/vim/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/biographies/sheikh_zilpah_382x382.jpg?resize=51px:51px&output-quality=75)Medically Reviewed by [Zilpah Sheikh, MD](https://www.webmd.com/bio/zilpah-sheikh) on August 28, 2023

Written by [Gina Shaw](https://www.webmd.com/bio/gina-shaw)

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Question  1/10

### Which grows faster, your fingernails or your toenails?

Fingernails
Toenails
About the same

Question  2/10

### Which hand does more of the work when typing?

Right hand
Left hand
Equal amounts, 50/50

Question  3/10

### Which finger are you most likely to break?

Thumb
Index finger
Pinky

Question  4/10

### How many muscles are in each finger?

Two
Five
None

Question  5/10

### Your fingernails continue to grow after you die.

True
False

Question  6/10

### Only humans have opposable thumbs.

True
False

Question  7/10

### What causes a difference in length between your ring and index fingers?

Protein
Testosterone
Genetics

Question  8/10

### Does cracking your knuckles cause arthritis?

Yes
No

Question  9/10

### What’s the chance that two right-handed parents will have a left-handed child?

5%
10%
25%

Question  10/10

### Fingernails have no feeling.

True
False

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SOURCES:

National Center for Biotechnology Information: “Growth rate of human fingernails and toenails in healthy American young adults.”

National Institute of Environmental Health Services: “Fun Facts and Trivia.”

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: “Finger Fractures.”

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: “Flexor Tendon Injuries.”

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: “Do a person’s hair and fingernails continue to grow after death?”

National Science Teachers Association: “Thumbs Are Handy Digits.”

University of Florida: “Male-female ring finger proportions tied to sex hormones in embryo; may offer health insights.”

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: “True or False: Cracking Your Knuckles Can Lead to Arthritis.”

The Royal Society Publishing: “Why are some people left-handed? An evolutionary perspective.”

Daniel Laberge: “Human Grooming.”

Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center: "Knuckle Cracking Q & A."

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