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the hinge that lets you wave goodbye, throw a punch, and check the time.
means The joint connecting your hand to your forearm, allowing it to bend, twist, and rotate.
from From Old English 'wrist,' which traces back to a Germanic root meaning 'to turn or twist' — a cousin of 'writhe' and 'wrest.' The wrist, fittingly, was named for what it does best: turning the hand this way and that.
- bone count
- eight tiny carpal bones, packed like puzzle pieces
- pulse spot
- radial artery makes it the classic heartbeat check
- watch home
- prime real estate for telling time forever
- weak link
- carpal tunnel squeezes a nerve passing through it
- flick power
- its snap adds whip to throws and serves
for instance
carpal tunnel syndrome — affects 3-6% of the population, caused by median nerve compression in the wrist
scaphoid fracture — most common carpal bone break, often from falling on an outstretched hand
de quervain's tenosynovitis — inflammation of tendons on the thumb side of the wrist, common in new parents