A fracture of the distal fourth or fifth metacarpal is a broken bone in the hand, just below the ring finger or pinkie. The broken bone is in the bones that form the back of the hand. "Distal" in this case means located nearer the knuckles than the wrist.
It really depends on what metacarpal(s) were broken and how severe the break(s) are. A boxer's fracture is the fracture of the fourth or fifth metacarpal. The 4th is the ring finger and the 5th is the pinky. I recently broke my fifth metacarpal. I will spend 4 weeks in a cast, two more weeks in a brace and then another six weeks of self rehabilitation to everything to get back to normal.
The pollux, or thumb, is lateral to the fifth metacarpal in anatomical position. The pinkie is medial to the thumb.
palmaris longus
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boxer's fracture, 5th and 4th metacarpal neck
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Heart 8 is located on the palm, in the depression between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones, where the tip of the ring finger rests when a fist is made.
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