metacarpal
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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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
The second and third metacarpal bones are firmly anchored in place and are immobile.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The large metacarpal is called in veterinary anatomy “cannon bone”; the small lateral metacarpals, which gradually taper towards their lower extremities, and lie in close contact with the large one, are called “splint bones.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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