carpus (redirected from carpal bone)

carpus /car·pus/ (kahr´pus) the joint between the arm and hand, made up of eight bones; the wrist.

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car·pus (kärps)

n. pl. car·pi (-p)

1. The group of eight carpal bones and associated soft parts forming the joint between the forearm and the hand, articulating with the radius and indirectly with the ulna, and with the five metacarpal bones. Also called wrist.

2. The carpal bones considered as a group.

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carpus

the segment of the limb between the radius and ulna and metacarpus, made up of six to eight bones, depending on the animal species, arranged in two rows and numbered from medial to lateral. Called also the knee in horses and cattle and the wrist in dogs and cats. See also Table 10.

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dropped carpus, broken-down carpus

hyperextension injury in the dog or cat that results in weight-bearing on the carpus and metacarpals.