metacarpus /meta·car·pus/ (-kahr´pus) the part of the hand between the wrist and fingers, its skeleton being five bones (metacarpals) extending from the carpus to the phalanges.
metacarpus
metacarpus
met·a·car·pus (m t  -kär ps)n. pl. met·a·car·pi (-p  ) The part of the hand that includes the five bones between the fingers and the wrist. |
metacarpus
[met′əkär′pəs]
Etymology: Gk, meta, beyond, karpos, wrist
the middle part of the hand, consisting of five slender bones, metacarpals I through V, numbered from the thumb side. Each metacarpal consists of a body and two extremities. metacarpal, adj., n.
metacarpus
(met´
kär´ps),
n the five bones of the hand between the carpus (wrist) and the phalanges (fingers).
kär´ps), n the five bones of the hand between the carpus (wrist) and the phalanges (fingers).
metacarpus
the segment of the limb housing the aggregate of metacarpal bones.
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