metacarpus
Americannoun
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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But the other variations are in the length of the metacarpus, or of the neck, or head.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
The extremity of the metacarpus was applied to the ground.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
The metacarpus, as a whole, is directed vertically.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
But the fore-arm and metacarpus in this type only measure 3 inches.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
These three portions are the homologues of the carpus, the metacarpus, and the fingers, which, as we have already seen in the case of the hand, are the osseous groups which form its skeleton.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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 Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
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 Reeks, Harry Caulton
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