metacarpus
the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
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How to use metacarpus in a sentence
The four bones of the wing finger measure, from the point where the first bone bends upon the metacarpus, less than 18 inches.
Dragons of the Air | H. G. SeeleyThe chief point of variation from the Pterodactyle wing is in the relative length of the metacarpus in Dimorphodon.
Dragons of the Air | H. G. SeeleyThe whole finger is preserved in other specimens straightened out so as to be in line with the metacarpus.
Dragons of the Air | H. G. SeeleyThe manner in which the third (large) metacarpus is fractured, largely determines the outcome in any given case.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixIn simple fracture, the metacarpus is covered with enough cotton to pad the parts, and this is retained in position by bandages.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor Lacroix
British Dictionary definitions for metacarpus
/ (ˌmɛtəˈkɑːpəs) /
the skeleton of the hand between the wrist and the fingers, consisting of five long bones
the corresponding bones in other vertebrates
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