metacarpal
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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Vocabulary lists containing metacarpal
Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Middle School
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The move comes 17 days after Machado sustained a fractured metacarpal in his left hand when he was hit by a pitch.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
Lockett had the surgery to repair a spiral fracture to his first metacarpal, an injury suffered late in Thursday’s 21-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers at Lumen Field.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Lockett suffered the break — which Carroll described as a spiral crack in his first metacarpal — on Seattle’s final offensive series of Thursday night’s 21-13 loss to the 49ers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
However, the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones have limited anterior-posterior mobility, a motion that is greater for the fifth bone.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The metacarpal bone of the thumb is very short; the third and fourth are the longest.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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