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metacarpus

[ met-uh-kahr-puhs ]

noun

Anatomy.
plural metacarpi
  1. the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.


metacarpus

/ ˌɛəˈɑːə /

noun

  1. the skeleton of the hand between the wrist and the fingers, consisting of five long bones
  2. the corresponding bones in other vertebrates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of metacarpus1

1670–80; < New Latin ( meta-, carpus ), replacing metacarpium < Greek ٲá辱Dz
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This is why, as we have pointed out above, it receives the name of the oblique flexor of the metacarpus.

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A 3�4�5 cm. fibrous mass in the subcutis about the digital flexor tendon on the volar surface of the metacarpus.

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There is great difference in the length of the metacarpus.

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Fossils show that the metacarpus - one of the "hand" bones - was elongated and much bigger than in related species, with very thick walls.

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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.

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