Silly question....

[Michie]

My mother and mother in law broke their arms but it’s very close to the wrist. Usually when I describe my wrist, I’ll say something like I’ll put my bracelet on my wrist, just below my hand. My mom is insisting the wrist is above the hand. And I said, can’t it be both? Isn’t it the way you position it or look at it? So what is the official answer? Is the wrist considered to be above or below the hand?? I know this is silly but it’s entertaining her at the moment.

 

[MehGuy]

I'd say below.. the hand is too important to be some "bottom" thing.. lol.

 

[timothyu]

I'd say in todays world it would be inappropriate to label it as either.

 

[Robban]

When you raise your hand it is below,

when you lower your hand it is above.

Though still in the same place.

 

[Silly Uncle Wayne]

My mother and mother in law broke their arms but it’s very close to the wrist. Usually when I describe my wrist, I’ll say something like I’ll put my bracelet on my wrist, just below my hand. My mom is insisting the wrist is above the hand. And I said, can’t it be both? Isn’t it the way you position it or look at it? So what is the official answer? Is the wrist considered to be above or below the hand?? I know this is silly but it’s entertaining her at the moment.

Dem bones, dem bones...

(good job you can't hear my attempts at sining )

 

[Dave G.]

I'm just thankful I've gone 71 years thus far and not broken mine as yet, somehow. But the wrist is neither above or below but rather between the forearm and hand. It's a tweener joint then which I'm sure WOKE, BLM or some other radical movement would object to, especially on a white person, well maybe a black person or maybe people people don't count at all as long as it's environmentally friendly which I'm sure it's not to someone out there that takes their movement far too seriously !!!

 

[public hermit]

Is the wrist considered to be above or below the hand??

I was going to say "below" until I read @Robban give the obvious answer, lol. Now I can't remember why I was going to say below. I guess I was looking at my hand on the mouse.

 

[Michie]

When you raise your hand it is below,

when you lower your hand it is above.

Though still in the same place.

Well I can’t wait to hear mom’s argument! I’ll let you know. But I basically said the same. Why can’t it be both depending?

 

[Michie]

Seriously, next appointment, thinking of asking the doctor. My mom just won’t let it go. lol

 

[Tigger45]

Awwwwe, but what if you’re in Australia?! Hmmmm?

 

[Michie]

So I was just thinking. The ankle is above the foot. If we were on all fours, we’d think the same of the hand. Since we are not... it’s perspective... right?

 

[public hermit]

So I was just thinking. The ankle is above the foot. If we were on all fours, we’d think the same of the hand. Since we are not... it’s perspective... right?

How about the wrist is always before the hand. I'm farther away from my hand than I am my wrist, lol.

 

[com7fy8]

Well, there is the upper arm, and the lower arm. And the arm part that is lower is below, I would say. It does not change to being the upper arm if it is raised, right?
So, likewise, I think the hand is the lowest part . . . below all the rest, including the wrist. So, the wrist would be above the hand.

 

[Robban]

Dem bones, dem bones...

(good job you can't hear my attempts at sining )

And the arm is connected to the hand via a joint, commonly known as "wrist".

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[Robban]

And the arm is connected to the hand via a joint, commonly known as "wrist".

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Or in this corner of the world "Handled".

 

[Tanj]

My mother and mother in law broke their arms but it’s very close to the wrist. Usually when I describe my wrist, I’ll say something like I’ll put my bracelet on my wrist, just below my hand. My mom is insisting the wrist is above the hand. And I said, can’t it be both? Isn’t it the way you position it or look at it? So what is the official answer? Is the wrist considered to be above or below the hand?? I know this is silly but it’s entertaining her at the moment.

Which is why scientists, doctors and other STEM professions use very precise jargon to remove the ambiguity from natural language descriptions. So officially, the wrist is proximal to the hand, or the hand is distal to the wrist, with the former meaning closer to the central body and the former meaning further away, both of which is true regardless of the angle you are currently holding your arm.

In other words, the official answer doesn't involve the words above or below.

 

[timothyu]

Fauci would agree. Best to leave things open.

 

[jayem]

My mother and mother in law broke their arms but it’s very close to the wrist. Usually when I describe my wrist, I’ll say something like I’ll put my bracelet on my wrist, just below my hand. My mom is insisting the wrist is above the hand. And I said, can’t it be both? Isn’t it the way you position it or look at it? So what is the official answer? Is the wrist considered to be above or below the hand?? I know this is silly but it’s entertaining her at the moment.

Tanj's post, # 16, is correct. The directional nomenclature for locating bodily structures is based on the "anatomical position." The body is upright, arms extended slightly beyond the shoulders, with the palms facing forward. The figure in the diagram is in the anatomical position:

The front of the body is anterior. The back is posterior. Any structures closer to the center mass of the trunk is considered to be proximal. Any structures further from the trunk is distal. So, as Tanj said, the hand is distal to the wrist. And the wrist is proximal to the hand. The elbow is distal to the shoulder. But is proximal to the wrist. Same terminology applies in the lower extremities. The foot is distal to the ankle. The ankle is proximal to the foot. The knee is distal to the hip. But is proximal to the ankle.

So is this clear as mud?

 

[timothyu]

He's not wearing a mask

 

[Tanj]

So is this clear as mud?

Cricket: As explained to a foreigner...


You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game