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For other uses, see Hand (disambiguation). A human hand typically has four fingers and a thumb. The hands (med./lat.: manus, pl. manūs) are the two intricate, prehensile, multi-fingered body parts normally located at the end of each arm (medically: "terminating each anterior limb/appendage") of a human or other primate. They are our chief organs for physically manipulating the environment, from the roughest to the finest motor skills (wielding a club; threading a needle), and since ...
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