TIONS. 298 X. METACARPO-PHALANGEAL ARTICULATIONS. (Fig. 204.) These articulations are of the ginglymus kind, formed by the reception of the rounded head of the metacarpal bone, into a superficial cavity in the extre- mity of the first phalanx. They are connected by the following ligaments : — •… … Actions. The movements these joints are flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and which occur in the lateral movements are very limited. circumduction ; XI. ARTICULATIONS OF THE PHALANGES. These are ginglymus joints, connected by the following ligaments : — Anterior. Two Lateral. The…
Human anatomy
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