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It’s dangerous to be working up on a ladder:
Mr. Espinal was
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The hand is composed of 27 bones:
- 8 small carpal bones that constitute the wrist
- 14 phalanges (the finger bones – 2 for thumb, 3 for the rest)
- 5 metacarpal bones (connecting the carpus to the fingers)
Here’s what the bones in the hand look like:
There are also numerous nerves, tendons,