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Metacarpal

The metacarpal is one of a set of bones that is found in either or the arm or the leg in all vertebrates with four limbs.

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metacarpals
Archaeology; Human evolution

Five parallel bones of the hand connecting the phalanges (fingerbones) with the carpals (bones of the wrist).

metacarpal
Health care; General

Any of the five bones that make up the hand and join the wrist to the fingers.

metacarpals
Medical; Health care; Medicine

The five cylindrical bones of the metacarpus, articulating with the carpal bones proximally and the phalanges of fingers distally.

metacarpal
Animals; Animals

The metacarpal is one of a set of bones that is found in either or the arm or the leg in all vertebrates with four limbs.

metacarpal
Biology; Mammalogy

One of the five long bones connecting the wrist to the fingers.

base of metacarpal
Medical; Medicine

The expanded proximal extremity of each metacarpal that articulates with one or more of the distal row of carpal bones.

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