metacarpus (redirected from metacarpal bone)

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.

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met·a·car·pus (mt-kärps)

n. pl. met·a·car·pi (-p)

The part of the hand that includes the five bones between the fingers and the wrist.

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metacarpus

(met´kär´ps),
n the five bones of the hand between the carpus (wrist) and the phalanges (fingers).

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metacarpus

the segment of the limb housing the aggregate of metacarpal bones.