Crossword clues for metacarpus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metacarpus \Met`a*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? beyond, between + ? the wrist.] (Anat.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The five bones that form intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
WordNet
n. the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
[also: metacarpi (pl)]
Usage examples of "metacarpus".
The ball had pierced my hand by the metacarpus under the index finger, and had broken the first phalanges.
The clavical, humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia, fibula, the bones of the metacarpus, metatarsus and the phalanges, are classed as long bones.
I felt my way up over the coronet to the fetlock and after some palpation I located a spot near the distal end of the metacarpus which was painful on pressure.
This one was carrying many small bones in her gastric pouches, all of them recognizably human: a few carpal bones, metacarpi, and the terminal digits of a human hand.