carpi
Americannoun
noun
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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
From lateral to medial, the superficial anterior compartment of the forearm includes the flexor carpi radialis, palmaris longus, flexor carpi ulnaris, and flexor digitorum superficialis.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The extensor carpi radialis brevior tendon is divided in the incision.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
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