1) Arm joint 2) Articulatio plana 3) Articulatio radiocarpea 4) Band site 5) Bendy body part 6) Bracelet location 7) Bracelet or corsage site 8) Bracelet site 9) Carpal bones location 10) Carpal joint 11) Carpal tunnel locale 12) Carpal tunnel location 13) Carpus 14) Corsage site 15) Corsage site, at times
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1) Carpus
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In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as 1) the carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; (2) the wrist joint or radiocarpal joint, the joint between the radius and the carpus; and (3) the anatomical region surrounding the carpus including the distal parts of the bones of the f...
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• (n.) A stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin. • (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.
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(from the article `automation`) The manipulator can be divided into two sections: (1) an arm-and-body, which usually consists of three joints connected by large links, and (2) a ...
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complex joint between the five metacarpal bones of the hand and the radius and ulna bones of the forearm. The wrist is composed of eight or nine ... [4 related articles]
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A very complex type of joint between the distal end of the radius, a fibrocartilaginous disk at the distal end of the ulna, the carpal (wrist) bones and the proximal portion of the metacarpal bones. These complex articulations form an ellipsoidal-type synovial joint at which the movements of flexion...
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1. <anatomy> The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. 'He took me by the wrist, and held me hard.' (Shak) ... 2. <machinery> A stud or pin which forms a journal; also called wrist pin. Bridle wrist, the wrist of the left hand, in which a horseman holds the bridle. Wrist clonus. [NL. Cl...
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(rist) the joint between the hand and the forearm, containing eight bones (the carpal bones) that are arranged in two rows. Their joint surfaces glide upon each other in four directions, and they join the bones of the forearm, the radius and ulna, as well as the metacarpal bones of the hand. Called also carpus.
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The proximal segment (the near part) of the hand consisting of the carpal bones and the associated soft tissue.
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Wrist noun [ Middle English
wriste ,
wrist , Anglo-Saxon
wrist ; akin to OFries.
wriust , LG.
wrist , German
rist wrist, instep, Icelandic
rist instep, Dan. & Swedish
vrist , and perhaps to English
writhe .]
1. (Anat.) T...
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The thinnest section of the stock of a long gun between the receiver and the butt, gripped by the trigger-hand. The part of a gunstock most vulnerable to breakage.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: rist Definitions: 1. The proximal segment of the hand consisting of the carpal bones and the associated soft parts. Synonyms: carpus1
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Wrist: The proximal segment (the near part) of the hand consisting of the carpal bones and the associated soft parts. The eight carpal bones are arranged in two rows and articulate (come together to form a joint) proximally (on their near ends) with the long bones of the forearm -- the radius and, indirectly, with the ulna -- and distally (on their...
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The proximal segment (the near part) of the hand consisting of the carpal bones and the associated soft tissue.
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[
n] - a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
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carpus noun a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
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The wrist refers to the base of the primaries in the bird
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