How many metacarpal bones are there in the Human Body?”
The metacarpus is the intermediate part of the hand skeleton that is located between the phalanges (bones of the fingers) distally and the carpus which forms the connection to the forearm. The metacarpus consists of metacarpal bones. Besides their phalangeal articulations, the metacarpal bones articulate as follows: * the first with the trapezium; * the second with the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and third metacarpal; * the third with the capitate and second and fourth metacarpals; * the fourth with the capitate, hamate, and third and fifth metacarpals; * and the fifth with the hamate and fourth metacarpal.
