carpus

American  

[kahr-puhs] / ˈkɑr pəs /

noun

Anatomy.

carpi plural

1. the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.

2. the wrist bones collectively; the group of bones between the bones of the hand and the radius.

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carpus British  

/ ˈkɑːpəs /

noun

1. the technical name for wrist

2. the eight small bones of the human wrist that form the joint between the arm and the hand

3. the corresponding joint in other tetrapod vertebrates

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carpus Scientific  

/ kär′pəs /

carpi plural

1. The group of eight bones lying between the forearm and the metacarpals and forming the wrist in humans.

2. The group of bones making up the joint corresponding to the wrist in some vertebrates, such as dinosaurs.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• carpi
  plural

Etymology

Origin of carpus

1670–80; < New Latin < Greek karpós wrist

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

carpus carpi

The radius and ulna also articulate with the carpal bones and with each other, which in vertebrates enables a variable degree of rotation of the carpus with respect to the long axis of the limb.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

At the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, many a campus carpus has felt the sting dealt out by 69-year-old Otelia Connor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The upper row of the carpus consists of the united scaphoid, lunar and cuneiform bones.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

The region occupied by the carpus, in the unguligrades, is known as the knee; it would have been more appropriately named had it been called the wrist.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

The carpus is formed of eight bones—four in the superior row, and four in the inferior.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

Spieth has been dealing with an injury to his extensor carpi ulnaris, a major tendon in the wrist.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024

Msituni suffered from hyperextended carpi — wrist joint bones in giraffes’ front limbs, which are more like arms.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2022

The flexor carpi ulnaris, for instance, is a muscle in the forearm that bends the wrist — exactly as its name suggests.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

The fascia and the ulnar head of the flexor carpi ulnaris have been removed.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

On flexing the wrist, the hand is tilted to the radial side, but the paralysis of the flexor carpi ulnaris is often compensated for by the action of the palmaris longus.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis