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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