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metacarpus
[ met-uh-kahr-puhs ]
noun
Anatomy.
plural metacarpi
- 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
- the skeleton of the hand between the wrist and the fingers, consisting of five long bones
- the corresponding bones in other vertebrates
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of metacarpus1
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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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