metacarpus
[met-uh-kahr-puh s]
- 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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Fracture of the Metacarpus, showing Fragmentation of the Bullet194 12.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900George Henry Makins
In them not only is the metacarpus turned back, but also the two first phalanges.
Artistic Anatomy of Animalsdouard Cuyer
But the other variations are in the length of the metacarpus, or of the neck, or head.
Dragons of the AirH. G. Seeley
The metacarpus consists of bones which correspond to the back of the hand.
Dragons of the AirH. G. Seeley
The metacarpus is reduced to a single piece, which in the horse constitutes what is known as the canon.
Artistic Anatomy of Animalsdouard Cuyer
metacarpus
- 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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metacarpus
(mĕt′ə-kär′pəs)- The part of the hand that includes the five bones between the fingers and the wrist.
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