metacarpus
Americannoun
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metacarpi
plural
noun
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the skeleton of the hand between the wrist and the fingers, consisting of five long bones
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the corresponding bones in other vertebrates
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Etymology
Origin of metacarpus
1670–80; < New Latin ( see meta-, carpus), replacing metacarpium < Greek metakárpion
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B. The two radials blended superiorly, distinct inferiorly; this is the anterior extensor of the metacarpus.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
This condition is well seen in Professor Marsh's specimen of Rhamphorhynchus, which has the wing membrane preserved, in which all bones of the fore-arm metacarpus and wing finger are extended in a continuous curve.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
The chief point of variation from the Pterodactyle wing is in the relative length of the metacarpus in Dimorphodon.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
This position of the metacarpus is a remarkable difference from Birds, because when the bird's wing is at rest it is folded into three portions.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
There is great difference in the length of the metacarpus.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
This will reveal the median nerve itself situated upon the red fibres of the flexor metacarpi internus muscle.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
This runs down the anterior and outer side of the upper arm, and is attached to the proximal tendon of the extensor metacarpi radialis longus, a little below the outer condyle of the humerus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
Certain cases may be greatly benefited by sectioning the tendons of the external and middle flexors of the metacarpi.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
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