A broken knuckle occurs when there is a break, or fracture in the long bones of the palm, which doctors call the metacarpals. Five metacarpals are present in the palm. A break in the “neck ...

The head of the metacarpal bones forms the knuckle of a closed fist. A boxer's fracture is a break in a metacarpal bone that connects the ring finger or the little finger to the wrist.

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo revealed the nature of starting catcher Gabriel Moreno's injured right hand on his weekly appearance on Burns & Gambo.

“Knuckle cracking over the years will cause ... it was associated with a thickening of the metacarpal cartilage, a potential early sign of damage that can lead to osteoarthritis.

Love said he suffered the injury while doing knuckle pushups. Love fractured his third and fourth metacarpal in his right hand during a home workout on Wednesday. The evaluation revealed that ...

The finger’s bone structure includes three phalanges and a metacarpal. The phalanges connect at the two finger joints and the knuckle; the metacarpal extends into the palm. (The thumb has only ...

A boxer’s fracture is a break to one or more of the bones that make up the knuckle, called the metacarpals. A boxer’s fracture can also be called a metacarpal fracture and is less commonly ...