What's the difference between forearm and hand?

Forearm


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
  • (n.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The method is based on two-dimensional scanning photon absorptiometry on the distal part of the forearm.
  • (2) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
  • (3) Gross deformity, point tenderness and decrease in supination and pronation movements of the forearm were the best predictors of bony injury.
  • (4) It is a specific clinical picture with extensive soft tissue gas and swelling of the forearm.
  • (5) Acute effects of insulin on protein metabolism (whole body and forearm muscle) were simultaneously assessed using doubly labelled (13C15N) leucine in post-absorptive Type I diabetic patients.
  • (6) Each subject applied a vehicle cream containing 0.075% capsaicin (Axsain, GalenPharma Inc.) to a 4 cm2 area of skin on one volar forearm and vehicle alone to an identical treatment area on the other forearm, according to a double-blind procedure.
  • (7) Infusions of adenosine promoted the release of active renin and angiotensin II from the forearm and the coronary vessels.
  • (8) Among other locations, these diseases do not affect the forearms symetrically.
  • (9) Weakness of the flexor pollicis longus, flexor digitorum profundus and pronator quadratus is usually related to an isolated paralysis of the anterior interosseous nerve in the volar aspect of the forearm.
  • (10) An experimental investigation of acupuncture's analgesic potency, separated from suggestion effects, is described, in which judgments of shock-elicited pain of the forearm were recorded along two separate scales: intensity and aversiveness.
  • (11) The procedure to accomplish this end utilizes the measured thermal pain threshold, surface temperature, exposure time, and incident energy on a standardized skin site (volar surface of the forearm) to obtain conductivity values.
  • (12) In the 18 month-old a more mature grasp and forearm combination, mainly palmar grasp with or without stablizing index finger + overpronated forearm, was found.
  • (13) Thermal thresholds were measured in the left forearms of 26 healthy subjects and 10 patients with diabetes mellitus during ischaemic compression block.
  • (14) SSR was evoked by square wave electric stimulation through a pair of surface electrodes placed on the unilateral forearm.
  • (15) Entrapment of the ring finger flexor digitorum in the ulna following fracture of both forearm bones is very rare.
  • (16) We report a patient with a hyperpigmented, non-hairy plaque on the forearm.
  • (17) Variability of basal blood flow in terms of standard deviations and in terms of coefficients of variation computed from duplicate determinations were significantly higher than for the other parameters and significantly more elevated in the forearm than in the calf.
  • (18) Metabolic measurements and flow were determined at rest and during submaximal exercise in both forearms.
  • (19) Recordings were made of all-night electroencephalogram, electro-oculogram, submental electromyogram, and muscle potentials from both forearms.
  • (20) A report on a case of successful replantation of an excised segment of forearm tissue is presented.

Hand


Definition:

  • (n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
  • (n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
  • (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
  • (n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
  • (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
  • (n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left.
  • (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
  • (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
  • (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
  • (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
  • (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
  • (n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
  • (n.) Rate; price.
  • (n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
  • (n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer.
  • (n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
  • (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  • (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
  • (v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
  • (v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar.
  • (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.
  • (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
  • (v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail.
  • (v. i.) To cooperate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) HSV I infection of the hand classically occurs in children with herpetic stomatitis and in health care workers infected during patient care delivery.
  • (2) On the other hand, the LAP level, identical in preterms and SDB, is lower than in full-term infants but higher than in adults.
  • (3) On the other hand, human IL-9, which is a homologue to murine P40, was cloned from a cDNA library prepared with mRNA isolated from PHA-induced T-cell line (C5MJ2).
  • (4) We sought additional evidence for an inverse relationship between functional CTL-target cell affinity on the one hand, and susceptibility of the CTL-mediated killing to inhibition by alpha LFA-1 and alpha Lyt-2,3 monoclonal antibodies on the other hand.
  • (5) Handing Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget over to the city’s combined authority is the most exciting experiment in local government and the health service in decades – but the risks are huge.
  • (6) Then a handful of organisers took a major bet on the power of people – calling for the largest climate change mobilisation in history to kick-start political momentum.
  • (7) On the other hand, after exposure to BrdUrd, neuron specific enolase decreased in NB-1 and SK-N-DZ and increased in GOTO.
  • (8) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
  • (9) The NORPLANT-2 rod system on the other hand consists of only 2 rods.
  • (10) Symptomatic improvement was obtained in 14 of the 15 hands, and sensory-evoked response improved in 13 hands.
  • (11) Michael James, 52, from Tower Hamlets Three days after telling his landlord that the flat upstairs was a deathtrap, Michael James was handed an eviction notice.
  • (12) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
  • (13) DI James Faulkner of Great Manchester police said: “The men and women working in the factory have told us that they were subjected to physical and verbal assaults at the hands of their employers and forced to work more than 80-hours before ending up with around £25 for their week’s work.
  • (14) On the other hand, the majority of gynecologic patients with pelvic infections are young and healthy.
  • (15) The pons, on the other hand, has a bioelectrical activity of its own during PS, i.e., the ponto-geniculo-occipital spikes (PGO).
  • (16) One-nation prime ministers like Cameron found the libertarians useful for voting against taxation; inconvenient when they got too loud about heavy-handed government.
  • (17) On the other hand, the limbic after-discharges to the hippocampal or amygdaloid stimulation were enhanced by Z. mioga as well as chlorpromazin, but they were inhibited by diazepam.
  • (18) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
  • (19) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
  • (20) In a separate exclusive interview , Alexis Tsipras, the increasingly powerful 37-year-old Greek politician now regarded by many as holding the future of the euro in his hands, told the Guardian that he was determined "to stop the experiment" with austerity policies imposed by Germany.