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

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Etymology

Origin of carpus

1670–80; < New Latin < Greek karpós wrist

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Example Sentences

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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

Von Meyer remarks that the carpus is made up of two rows of small bones in the Solenhofen Pterodactyles; while in birds there is one row consisting of two bones.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley

The inferior extremity articulates with the carpus by a surface which is directed obliquely downwards and inwards.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

Ulnā′re, an element of the primitive carpus situated on the ulnar side—represented in man by the cuneiform bone:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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 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 Joseph Bell

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 Alexis Thomson

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