HAND LINES - The palmar creases according palmistry & medical science!

HAND LINES INDEX:

INTRO: The nature of the 3 primary palmar lines

• EMBRYOLOGY: Palmar crease morphogenesis!
• PRIMATOLOGY: Palmar creases in primates?
• EVOLUTION: Palmar crease devolopment in time!
• SCIENCE: Early classifications of major hand lines
• PALMISTRY: An overview of the other hand lines
• ABERRANT TRANSVERSE CREASES - a family tree
• PIC MODEL: 21 variants of hand line formations
• ADVANCED PIC MODEL: 3 malformation types
• HAND LINE STUDIES: Males vs. females, Down syndrome, autism... what do hand lines reveal?

An overview of the palmar hand lines.

- AN OVERVIEW OF THE HAND LINES -

SIMIAN LINE INDEX:

INTRO: The simian line, a.k.a. the notorious 'simian crease'

• HOW TO RECOGNIZE a 'complete' Simian Line?
• WHY THE NAME Simian Line?
• ETHNICITY & the Simian Line
• HEALTH & the Simian Line
• PSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: the Simian Line
• FAMOUS Simian Line holders
• PROJECTS related to the Simian Line
• SYNONYMS for the Simian Line
• BRIEF HISTORY of the Simian Line

Video: evolution of the human hand

HAND SIGNS & DIAGNOSTICS:

• The hand in DOWN SYNDROME!
_- Down syndrome case study 1
_- Down syndrome case study 2

• The hand in FRAGILE-X SYNDROME!
_- Fragile-X syndrome case study 1
_- Fragile-X syndrome case study 2
_(In people with autism 2% to 6% have Fragile-X syndrome!)

• The hand in DIABETES MELLITUS!
• The hand in RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS!
• The hand in PSORIASIS!
• The hand in SCHIZOPHRENIA!

• The hand in EXTRAVERSION/INTROVERSION

HAND TESTS:

• MARFAN SYNDROME hand test!

MORE HAND DIAGNOSTICS:

• Hand lines (palmar creases)
• Sydney line
• Life line
• Marriage line
• Palm reading lines
• Hand Lines News

• Understanding hand shape!
• Fingerprints (+ dermatoglyphics)
• The Hypothenar whorl
• What can finger length reveal?
• The 5th finger (pinky)
• The fingernail tutor

EARLY HAND DIAGNOSTICS:
& HANDS ON HEALTH CARE!!

- The Hand Lines in Palmistry & Science -
LEARN TO RECOGNIZE & UNDERSTAND THE MOST IMPORTANT LINES IN THE PALM OF YOUR HANDS!

The names of the hand lines according
palmistry & medical science!
While the 'primary palmar lines' are quite well-known, a proper understanding of the other lines is often helpfull to recognize the most significant characteristics of the palmar creases.

R.S. Bali (1994, p.58) wrote:

"On the basis of crease and crease form it is possible to assort primary crease from secondary and tertiary type. Primary creases are embryonic in nature and are pre-ordained in their shape and position on palm or sole. Primary crease has a distinct base, terminal end and a core. The core of a primary crease determines its dominance and primary characteristics."

This sort of impicates that for practical purposes primary creases can be recognized by dominance in anatomical structure (featured by: length, width and deepness).

Below follows an overview of five categories of palmar lines - listed by order of occurence (during embryonal life) and relative importance:

• 1 - the three 'primary palmar creases' (life line, heart line & head line);
• 2 - three 'finger creases';
• 3 - four 'secondary creases';
• 4 - four 'tertiary creases';
• 5 - all other lines are 'accessory creases'.

The picture displays for each line the most common palmar location, and the table describes common used names - according palmistry & medical science.

OVERVIEW OF THE MOST COMMON PALMAR LINES:

The most significant hand lines according palmistry & medical science.

The most significant hand lines according palmistry & medical science.

- TABLE: THE PALMAR LINES -

NO.

NAME IN PALMISTRY:

NAME IN MEDICAL SCIENCE:

- CATEGORY 1: PRIMARY PALMAR CREASES

1
2
3

Life line
Heart line
Head line

radial longitudinal crease
distal transverse crease
proximal transverse crease

- CATEGORY 2: PALMAR FINGER CREASES

4
5
6

Fate line (saturn line)
Health line (mercury line)
Fame line (sun line)

middle finger crease (sagittal)
pinky finger crease
ring finger crease

- CATEGORY 3: SECUNDARY CREASES

7
8
9
10

Via Lasciva
Support line (mars line)
Girdle of venus
Intuition line

ulnar crease
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- CATEGORY 4: TERTIARY CREASES

11
12
13
14

Marriage line
Ring of Solomon
Ring of saturn
Ring of sun

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- CATEGORY 5: ACCESSORY CREASES

-	Minor line(s) [creases located anywhere in the palm]

NOTICE: The 'primary palmar creases' starts developing in the 2nd month (life line + heart line) and 3th month (head line) in the fetal hand; the 'middle finger crease' starts developing in the 5th month. All other creases follow much later. Only the 'primary palmar creases' display permanent characteristic after birth - all other lines may show signficant fluctuations during a lifetime (they can appear and/or completely disappear). The section palmar crease embryology presents more details.

After getting familiar with the basic principles of all common palmar lines, one can start to identify the formation pattern of the 'primary palmar lines' according the 'PIC-model'! ...more.