Jasmine trips and tries to break her fall by putting her hand to the ground.The doctor informs her she has injured the ____ joints in her wrist.
A)costocarpal joints.
B)intermetacarpal joints.
C)metacarpalphalangeal joints.
D)intercarpal joints.
E)intracarpal joints.

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The location described in the sentence suggests that the joints that are injured are in the wrist, which would be the intercarpal joints. The costocarpal joints are located between the wrist and the radius/ulna bones of the forearm, the intermetacarpal joints are located between the metacarpal bones in the hand, the metacarpalphalangeal joints are located between the metacarpals and the phalanges in the fingers, and the intracarpal joints are located within the wrist bones themselves.

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