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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Etymology

Origin of carpus

1670–80; < New Latin < Greek karpós wrist

Example Sentences

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 Seeley, H. G.

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 carpus is carried to the radial side by the upward rotation of the distal fragment, and the radial styloid is as high, or even higher, than that of the ulna.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander