APPENDICULAR SKELETON
UPPER LIMBS
There are
30 bones
in each forelimb distributed as follows:
- upper arm:
humerus (1)
- forearm:
radius (1) and ulna (1)
- wrist:
carpals (8)
- palm:
metacarpals (5)
- digits (= thumb and fingers):
phalanges (s. phalanx) (14)