The Human Body

How many bones are in one adult human hand, from wrist to fingertips?

Answer

27 bones

Your two hands together contain 54 bones — more than a quarter of all the bones in your body. That mechanical complexity is why building a truly human-like robot hand remains so hard.

Source: StatPearls / Johns Hopkins Medicine

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